Audiologic assessment of the children with cleft lip/palate.
- Author:
Xiaoya WANG
;
Qi XIONG
;
Renzhong LUO
;
Yan LI
;
Yuyun LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Audiometry;
Child;
Child, Preschool;
Cleft Lip;
physiopathology;
surgery;
Cleft Palate;
physiopathology;
surgery;
Female;
Humans;
Infant;
Male;
Postoperative Period
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2014;28(13):961-963
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the audiologic characteristics of the children with cleft lip and/or palate.
METHOD:Sixty-two children with cleft lip/palate were enrolled in the study. Tympanometry, DPOAE, ABR were tested in all the chidren.
RESULT:Regarding the ABR threshold as the diagnostic criteria, 51 (41.13%) ears had hearing loss, mainly moderate. Sixty-three (59.43%) ears had abnormal tympanometry, which meant the disorder function of the middle ear. Twenty-six (56.52%) ears didn't pass the DPOAE.
CONCLUSION:The proportion of the hearingloss in the children with cleft lip/palate was large. There was a good coherence among the three objective examinations when assess the children with cleft lip/palate.
