You are admitting a patient to your unit who is scheduled to have an ossiculoplasty. What is this procedure expected to do?
A) Repair the ear drum
B) Reconstruct the middle ear bones to restore hearing
C) Restore balance
D) Stop the patient's vertigo
Ans: B
Feedback: Ossiculoplasty is the surgical reconstruction of the middle ear bones to restore hearing.
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