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The assessment of hearing results following surgery for otitis media with effusion using the Glasgow Benefit Plot

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

H. L. Tay  and
R. P. Mills
H. L. Tay*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.
R. P. Mills
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.
*
H. L. Tay, F.R.C.S., Department of Otolaryngology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY. Fax: 0382-632816.
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Abstract

The hearing data from a sample of 73 children undergoing surgical treatment for chronic otitis media with effusion (OME) were analysed using a modification of the Glasgow Benefit Plot. All the patients had bilateral middle ear effusions confirmed at surgery. Using 20 dB average hearing level as the ‘cutoff’ point between normal and abnormal hearing, 65 (89 per cent) patients had binaural normal hearing, five (7 per cent) had monaural normal hearing and three (4 per cent) had bilateral hearing loss after surgery. However, 70 patients (96 per cent) were found to benefit from surgery. The cases with persistent hearing loss were re-examined to determine the cause of failure.

Keywords

Otitis media with effusionHearingSurgery
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 9 , September 1994 , pp. 733 - 735
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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Footnotes

This work was presented at the Otorhinolaryngological Research Society Meeting, London, 1 October 1993.

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