The role of ventilation tube status in the hearing levels in children managed for bilateral persistent otitis media with effusion

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-153

  Haggard, M P ^b   Gannon, M M ^b   Birkin, J A ^b   Bennett, K E ^b   Nicholls, E E ^b   Spencer, H ^b   Browning, G G ^a   Higson, J M ^b   Smith, S C ^b   Hind, S E ^b   Rovers, M M ^b   Egner, E M ^b   Hayman, T ^b   Greenwood, D C ^b   Carroll, R A ^b   Jones, H ^b   Richmond, T B ^b   Wade, A R ^b   Moorjani, P ^b   Pearson, D A S ^b   Kirk, G ^b   Baskill, J L ^b   Adams, D A ^b   Toner, J G ^b   Gibbin, K P ^b   Jones, N S ^b   Birchall, J P ^b   Thomas, R S A ^b   Narula, A A ^b   Murty, G E ^b   Griffiths, M V ^b   Wilson, J A ^b   Meikle, D ^b   Johnson, I J M ^b   Date, S ^b   Kerr, A I G ^b   Robinson, D ^b   Madden, G ^b   Bull, P D ^b   Chapman, D F ^b   Parker, A J ^b   Curry, A R ^b   Williams, R G ^b   Morrissey, M S C ^b   Geddes, N K ^b   Zarod, A P ^b   Willatt, D J ^b   Proops, D ^b   Pearman, K ^b   Robb, P J ^b   MacKee, I ^b   Law, K ^b   Casey, M ^b   Megarry, A ^b   Smith, L ^b   Smethurst, H ^b   Pearce, G ^b   Hook, P ^b   Phipps, J ^b   Gibbs, S ^b   Dunster, S ^b   Brown, E ^b   Birch, E M ^b   Page, V ^b   Sim, A ^b   Sharples, G ^b   Crawford, J ^b   Davies, C ^b   Bartolo, J ^b   Edwards, C ^b   Wilson, J ^b   Johnson, N ^b   Baxendale, C ^b   Welsby, W ^b   Pickavance, N ^b   Cox, V ^b   Markham, K ^b   Robb, J A ^b   Flanagan, R ^b   Housten, G ^b   Jordan, G ^b   Bingham, M ^b   Cassidy, J ^b   Bums, C ^b   Hamill, C ^b   Glover, L ^b   Eccles, L ^b   Armstrong Bednall, G ^b   Towle, B ^b   Dyer, K ^b   Carr, J ^b   Herrod, J ^b   Levick, A ^b   Dunmore, P ^b   Parker Emery, C ^b   Sutton, R ^b   Gordon, C ^b   Midgley, L ^b   Barnett, N ^b   more..

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acoustic impedance; Hearing; Otitis media with effusion; Surgery; Ventilation tube

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYRINGOTOMY; OTOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOMETRY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346997037     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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