tympanogram

tympanogram
The printout of an impedance bridge showing the stiffness or the compliance of the middle ear structures as it varies with changes in pressure within the external ear canal.

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tym·pa·no·gram (tim-panґo-gram″) [tympano- + -gram] a graphic representation of the relative compliance and impedance of the tympanic membrane and ossicles of the middle ear obtained by tympanometry.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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