1) Auditory system 2) Operation 3) Surgery 4) Surgical operation 5) Surgical procedure 6) Surgical process 
Tympanoplasty is the surgical operation performed for the reconstruction of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and/or the small bones of the middle ear (ossicles). ==Classification== Tympanoplasty is classified into five different types, originally described by Horst Ludwig Wullstein (1906–1987) in 1956. ==Myringoplasty== The term `myringoplasty`.....
(from the article `ear disease`) ...radical mastoid or a modified radical mastoid operation. If during the same procedure the perforation in the tympanic membrane is closed and the ...
<surgery> Surgical repair of the tympanic membrane (eardrum). ... (13 Nov 1997) ... 
(tim´pә-no-plas″te) plastic reconstruction of the auditory ossicles of the middle ear to create a continuity of their chain from the tympanic membrane to the oval window. This is done when chronic infection or a tumor has led to destruction of the ossicles, of the petrous part of the temporal bone, or both. ...
An operation to repair a damaged ear drum
Type: Term Pronunciation: tim′pă-nō-plas′tē Definitions: 1. Operative correction of a damaged middle ear.
Tympanoplasty: A surgical operation to correct damage to the middle ear and restore the integrity of bones of the middle ear and the ear drum. Tympano- comes from the Greek tympanon meaning drum.
[n] - surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear
tympanoplasty 1. A surgical operation to correct damage to the middle ear and restore the integrity of bones of the middle ear and the ear drum. 2. The reconstruction, by surgery, of the sound-conducting mechanism of the middle ear when this has been damaged by disease or by the radical surgery necessary to excise it. 3. The excision of disease o...
a surgical procedure used to treat hearing loss in which the eardrum or structures in the middle ear are repaired 
noun surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear
reconstruction of the eardrum and the bones of the middle ear.
surgical repair of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) or bones of the middle ear.