Cleft Palate Patients With Secretory Otitis Media
- VernacularTitle:腭裂与分泌性中耳炎
- Author:
Yan ZHENG
;
Lirong XU
;
Huifen XU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cleft palate\ \ Secretory otitis media\ \ Myringotomy with tube insertion
- From:
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology
1997;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the relationship between cleft palate and secretory otitis media(SOM)and the change of hearing of cleft palate patients with SOM before and after tube insertion.Methods 203 cleft palate patients(406 ears)were investigated by pure tone audiometry,acoustic immitance audiometry and auditory brainstem response(ABR).21 cleft palate patients with SOM underwent palatoplasty and myringotomy with tube insertion at the same time.Results The incidence of middle ear disfunction was 68.5% in 203 cases with cleft palate,which in the cases under 6 years the incidence was 80%.After operation,21 cases were followed up one to three years,their average hearing improvement was 17dB by tube insertion( P
