[Treatment with the Otovent device in tubal dysfunction and secretory otitis media in children]

In the present study, the effect of Otovent was evaluated in the treatment of secretory otitis media. One hundred children aged three to ten years, suffering from tubal dysfunction and secretory otitis media were randomized to either two weeks autoinflation, using Otovent, or randomized to a control group. Tympanometry was performed on admission and either observation or Otovent treatment for two weeks. After two weeks of autoinflation, tympanometry was improved in 65%, unchanged in 33% and deteriorated in 2% of the ears. In the control group, the middle ear pressure was improved in 15%, unchanged in 71% and deteriorated in 14% of the ears. We conclude that Otovent could be the first choice as the treatment of tubal dysfunction and secretory otitis media.