Sonotubometry findings in children at high risk from middle ear effusion

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-227

  Munro, K J ^a,b   Benton, C L ^a,b   Marchbanks, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eustachian tube; Glue ear; Middle ear effusion; Sonotubometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONOTUBOMETRY; SOUND PRESSURE; SWALLOWING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032972246     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1999.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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