Abstract
Tympanometry was analysed according to cleft type with respect to age in 239 cleft palate patients (57 with bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP)), 122 with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) and 60 with isolated cleft palate (ICP). The frequency of type B tympanograms was 46.5 per cent in the BCLP group, 50.6 per cent in the UCLP group and 58.3 per cent in the ICP group. Type A tympanograms were more frequently observed in older patients (median age 11 years) in comparison to type B (median age five years; p < 0.001) and type C (median age six years; p < 0.001). The total sample showed an age-related decrease in the frequency of type B tympanograms (rs = -0.3942; p < 0.001). The frequency of type A tympanograms increased significantly with age (rs = 0.4263; p < 0.001), whereas type C was not correlated with age. In the UCLP group, the frequency of type B tympanograms decreased with age (rs = -0.4430; p < 0.001), the decrease being faster than in the BCLP group (rs = -0.3186; p = 0.001) and the ICP group (rs = -0.3378; p < 0.0001)). Type B tympanograms had the highest correlation with a hearing loss of 21-40 dB at mean hearing level at speech frequencies (MHLSF) (rs = 0.4574; p < 0.001), a lower correlation with a hearing l...Continue Reading
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