1 MCQs in ENT for NEET PG
A 28-year-old man presents with sudden-onset conductive hearing loss and aural fullness 2 weeks after a motor vehicle accident with temporal bone trauma. Otoscopy shows an intact tympanic membrane. Audiometry reveals an air-bone gap of 45 dB. Tympanometry shows the pattern marked **A** in the diagram — an excessively high compliance peak at normal middle ear pressure (0 daPa). Acoustic reflexes are absent bilaterally. High-resolution CT temporal bone shows discontinuity at the incudostapedial joint. Which of the following best explains the mechanism underlying the excessively high compliance peak marked **A**?
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