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[The evaluation of eustachian tube function in patients suffered from SOM with C type curve]
1Department of Otolaryngology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan 430030.
Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi = Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology
|January 25, 2003
Abstract
Objective:
To explore eustachian tube (ET) function in patients suffered from SOM with C type curve.
Method:
To test the tympanogram following toynbee test and valsalva manoeuvre respectively. The shift of peak point was quantified and the results were compared with normal subjects.
Result:
ET dysfunction was found in 52.38% of the patients, it was observed in 30% of the normal subjects (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
ET dysfunction is one of the causes of SOM with C type curve, but not the only cause.