Skotnicka Bozena, Topolska Małgorzata, Hassmann-Poznańska Elzbieta
Klinika Otolaryngologii Dzieciecej AM w Białymstoku.
Otolaryngol Pol. 2002;56(2):195-8.
There are currently no standard guidelines for assessing hearing in children who are evaluated for tympanostomy tubes. We describe the results of audiologic testing on 587 children, age 2 months to 17 years admitted to Pediatric Otolaryngology Department Białystok for treatment of secretory otitis media. Ten children (1.7%) were found to have previously unrecognized sensorineural hearing loss. In four cases total unilateral deafness, in six others moderate to severe sensorineural bilateral hearing loss was diagnosed. Three other children referred to our clinic as sensorineural hearing loss were found to have secretory otitis media as the only or coexisting cause of deafness. Results of our study show the importance of age--appropriate hearing assessment as part of diagnostic procedure for secretory otitis media.
目前，对于因鼓膜置管而接受评估的儿童，尚无评估听力的标准指南。我们描述了对587名年龄在2个月至17岁之间因分泌性中耳炎入住比亚韦斯托克儿科耳鼻喉科接受治疗的儿童进行听力测试的结果。发现10名儿童（1.7%）此前存在未被识别的感音神经性听力损失。其中4例为单侧全聋，另外6例被诊断为中度至重度双侧感音神经性听力损失。另外3名被转诊至我们诊所的感音神经性听力损失儿童被发现分泌性中耳炎是耳聋的唯一或并存原因。我们的研究结果表明，作为分泌性中耳炎诊断程序的一部分，进行适合年龄的听力评估非常重要。
