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Pre- and postoperative pure-tone audiogram.
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There was good improvement in her hearing outcomes postoperatively (Figure 1).
Pure-tone audiogram prior to revision surgery.
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Pure-tone audiometry showed deterioration in her hearing thresholds (Figure 2).
"Uncrimped" SMart prostheses.
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At time of surgery, the SMart prosthesis was found to be uncrimped (Figure 3) although still "hanging" onto the long process of the incus and into the footplate.