Tympanoplasty is the surgical operation performed to reconstruct hearing mechanism of middle ear.

If the perforation is from recent trauma, many ear, nose and throat specialists will elect to watch and see if it heals on its own.

[4] The first recorded attempt at repairing the tympanic membrane was made by Marcus Banzer[5] in 1640 using an ivory tube covered by pig's bladder.

In the middle of the nineteenth century the British otologists James Yearsley and Joseph Toynbee each developed their own form of artificial eardrum.

Despite initial enthusiasm for these devices, experience amongst the medical profession over the following half century demonstrated their minimal value in the treatment of a perforated eardrum, which generally heals naturally.