The vast majority of injuries to the eardrum can be cured within 21 to 28 days, while a few severe cases require several months of recovery time.
The tympanic membrane is located deep in the external auditory canal and plays an important role in the process of transmitting sound, and trauma to the tympanic membrane is mostly caused by indirect or direct external injury. The vast majority of cases can heal on their own within 21 to 28 days, while a few severe cases require months of recovery time.
If the injury is superficial without obvious perforation, the initial repair can be completed within 2 weeks.
If the injury to the tympanic membrane is irregular or fissure-like perforation, without secondary infection, more in 2-3 weeks after the healing, of course, traumatic tympanic membrane perforation healing time, and the diameter of the perforation is closely related to the size.
When a secondary infection develops after the perforation, the healing time needs to be evaluated according to the degree of infection control, and the perforation may turn into an old perforation if it is not treated in a timely manner. Perforations that do not heal may be treated with elective tympanic membrane repair.
After injury to the tympanic membrane, you can actively seek medical treatment and systematic examination, and after the specialist fully understands the injury, seek the advice of the receiving doctor, in order to get a targeted answer to the timeframe of trauma repair.