A 14-year prospective follow-up study of children treated early in life with tympanostomy tubes: Part 2: Hearing outcomes

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-303

  Valtonen, Hannu ^a,b   Tuomilehto, Henri ^a   Qvarnberg, Yrjö ^b   Nuutinen, Juhani ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BONE CONDUCTION; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17144390720     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.4.299     Document Type: Article

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