Evaluation of hearing thresholds in 3-month-old children with a cleft palate: The basis for a selective policy for ventilation tube insertion at time of palate repair

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-17

  Andrews, P J ^a,b   Chorbachi, R ^a   Sirimanna, T ^a   Sommerlad, B ^a   Hartley, B E J ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Grommets and management; Otitis media with effusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EAR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; MATURATION; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; NEWBORN DISEASE; OTOTOXICITY; PALATOPLASTY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; TUBE; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLEFT PALATE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1642463316     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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