Nonsurgical home treatment of middle ear effusion and associated hearing loss in children. Part I: clinical trial. Export

@article{citeulike:3735305, abstract = {We conducted a randomized, controlled clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of treatment of persistent middle ear effusion (MEE) and associated hearing loss with a modified Politzer device used in the home setting over a 7-week period. Efficacy was determined by comparing pre-and posttherapy air-conduction thresholds, tympanometric peak pressures, and otoscopic findings. The study group was made up of 94 children (174 ears), aged 4 to 11 years, who had at least a 2-month history of MEE and associated hearing loss. At study's end, patients in the treatment group experienced statistically significant improvements in all measured outcomes; no significant improvements were seen in the control group in all measured outcomes. At study's end, the hearing sensitivity of 73.9\% of the treated ears was within normal limits, compared with only 26.7\% of the control ears. These findings demonstrate that home treatment of children with persistent MEE and associated hearing loss with the modified Politzer device is highly efficacious.}, author = {Arick, D. S. and Silman, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {3735305}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16261757}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16261757}, issn = {0145-5613}, journal = {Ear, nose, \& throat journal}, keywords = {earpopper}, month = {September}, number = {9}, posted-at = {2008-12-02 12:28:15}, priority = {2}, title = {Nonsurgical home treatment of middle ear effusion and associated hearing loss in children. Part I: clinical trial.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16261757}, volume = {84}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3735305 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3735305 N2 - We conducted a randomized, controlled clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of treatment of persistent middle ear effusion (MEE) and associated hearing loss with a modified Politzer device used in the home setting over a 7-week period. Efficacy was determined by comparing pre-and posttherapy air-conduction thresholds, tympanometric peak pressures, and otoscopic findings. The study group was made up of 94 children (174 ears), aged 4 to 11 years, who had at least a 2-month history of MEE and associated hearing loss. At study's end, patients in the treatment group experienced statistically significant improvements in all measured outcomes; no significant improvements were seen in the control group in all measured outcomes. At study's end, the hearing sensitivity of 73.9% of the treated ears was within normal limits, compared with only 26.7% of the control ears. These findings demonstrate that home treatment of children with persistent MEE and associated hearing loss with the modified Politzer device is highly efficacious. IS - 9 JF - Ear, nose, & throat journal SN - 0145-5613 TI - Nonsurgical home treatment of middle ear effusion and associated hearing loss in children. Part I: clinical trial. VL - 84 KW - earpopper AU - Arick, DS AU - Silman, S PY - 2005/09// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16261757 ER -