An Analysis of Audiological Results in Children with Otitis Media with effusion
LIAO Jianxuan
ZHOU Zhifang
LI ming
Abstract：Objective To investigate the value of audiology testing in assessing hearing in children with otitis media with effusion. Methods Audiology testing was conducted in 57 children (30 boys and 27girls, aver-age age=7.33 years, ranging from 5 to 9 years), including paediatric audiometry, tympanometry, acoustic re-flex threshold, distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) and auditory brainstem responses (ABR). Results Of the 99 ears tested, tympanometry showed normal type A results in 4 ears (4.04%), type C results in 42 ears (42.4%), and type B results in 53 ears (53.5%). Audiometry results were abnormal in 89 ears (89.9%), and ABR results were normal in 26 ears (26.3%). In the 95 ears showing abnormal tympanometry, acoustic re-flex was present in 33 ears (34.7%). Audiometric thresholds showed significant differences when compared be-tween children with or without acoustic reflex and between children passing or failing DPOAE testing (P<0.01). Conclusion Audiology testing is a very important tool in assessing hearing in children with otitis media with effusion.
Keywords：Otitis media with effusionchildAuditory brainstem responseDistortion product oto-acoustic emissionAcoustic impedance testsPure tone audiometry
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 433-435 )