This book is a happy culmination of our humble but keen, long drawn efforts to come out with a book on otology. We thought it apt to christen it as Otology an Overview because we do not claim that this work provides all and every insight in the world of otology. However, this book touches all the corners and addresses most of the facets of this important sense organ of human body. 

It has been our endeavor to elucidate complex facts in the field of otology. We hope that the lucid presentation will go a long way to easy recall and reproduction. This book is aimed mainly at undergraduate and postgraduate students. Surgical details and steps are not included in this book as we wanted quick review to be one of the virtues of this work.