Three currently available methods of tympanic membrane photography—Kowa camera photography, microscopic photography, and telescopic photography—are reviewed and their advantages, disadvantages, and results discussed.
Telescopic photography produces high-quality pictures of the “entire” tympanic membrane. It is the most effective and reliable method of tympanic membrane photography available in 1981.
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