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Seasonal allergic rhinitis and its effects on eustachian tube function and middle ear pressure
L C Knight1, R Eccles, S Morris
1Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences
|August 1, 1992
Abstract:
Middle ear pressure was recorded from 396 ears and aural symptoms inquired of 198 adult subjects with seasonal allergic rhinitis. Evidence of eustachian tube dysfunction was found in 24% of subjects. Increased duration of exposure to pollen over a further 2 weeks increased the incidence of eustachian tube dysfunction to 48%. The development of eustachian tube dysfunction did not correlate with the severity of nasal symptoms.