Open AccessNasal autoinflation devices for middle ear disease in cleft palate children: are they effective?
Author(s) -
Cecilia Rosso,
Antonia Pisani,
Elisa Stefai,
Carlotta Pipolo,
Giovanni Felisati,
Alberto Maria Saibene
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta otorhinolaryngologica italica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1827-675X
pISSN - 0392-100X
DOI - 10.14639/0392-100x-n1277
Subject(s) - medicine , conductive hearing loss , otitis , incidence (geometry) , pure tone audiometry , tinnitus , audiology , dentistry , audiometry , pediatrics , hearing loss , surgery , physics , optics
Cleft lip palate (CLP) and cleft palate (CP) patients have a higher incidence of otitis media with effusion (OME) and conductive hearing problems. This article aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a 6-month course of self-administered autoinflation therapy in paediatric CP/CLP patients in terms of conductive hearing loss (CHL) and OME prevalence.