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[Treatment of cleft palate with secretory otitis media]
Hui-fen Xu1, Li-rong Xu, Yong He
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Objective:
To gain a clear idea of the function of middle ear and hearing in cleft palate with secretory otitis media after pressure equalization tube insertion.
Methods:
53 cleft palate cases with secretory otitis media including 62 ears were divided into treatment and control groups. They were examined by tympanogram and hearing threshold.
Results:
Hearing threshold in treatment group after PE tube insertion respectively was 23.3 dB and 23.4 dB in the near future and at a specified future date. It was normal. But there were still 64% tympanogram B and C.
Conclusions:
PE tube insertion could solve hearing problem, but could not improve the function of middle ear.