Objective. Cleft lip palate (CLP) and cleft palate (CP) patients have a higher incidence of otitis media with effusion (OME) and conductive hearing problems. This article aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a 6-month course of self-administered autoinflation therapy in paediatric CP/CLP patients in terms of conductive hearing loss (CHL) and OME preva- lence. Methods. Fifty-one patients with surgically corrected CP/CLP and diagnosis of OME re- ceived indication to 6-months autoinflation therapy with an Otovent® device. Clinical evalu- ation, tympanogram and pure tone audiometry were carried out at the time of prescription (T0), at the end of treatment (T1) and at 6-month follow-up (T2). Patients were divided in 2 groups based on therapeutic compliance (29 compliant children, group A, vs 22 non-compliant children, group B). Results. Case series showed better audiological results and tympanometries at both time points (p < 0.001). Group A showed better outcomes at tympanograms and at each frequen- cy, but were statistically significant only in terms of CHL at 250 and 1000 Hz frequencies at T1 (respectively 0.024 and 0.012). Conclusions. Nasal autoinflation therapy accelerates improvement of OME and hearing thresholds at short-/mid-term, leading to an earlier improved hearing performance.
Obiettivo. I pazienti con labiopalatoschisi (CLP) e palatoschisi (CP) hanno una maggiore incidenza di deficit uditivi conduttivi e di otite media con versamento (OME). Questo ar-ticolo valuta l’efficacia di un ciclo di 6 mesi di terapia di autoinsufflazioni con dispositivo Otovent in pazienti CP/CLP in termini di ipoacusia conduttiva (CHL) e prevalenza di OME.Metodi. Cinquantuno pazienti CP/CLP con diagnosi di OME hanno eseguito terapia do-miciliare di autoinsufflazione di 6 mesi con il dispositivo Otovent®. Valutazione clinica, timpanogramma ed esame audiometrico tonale sono stati effettuati al momento della pre-scrizione, alla fine del trattamento e al follow-up post-trattamento di 6 mesi. I pazienti sono stati divisi in 2 gruppi in base alla compliance terapeutica (29 pazienti gruppo A vs 22 gruppo B).Risultati. L’intero gruppo di pazienti ha mostrato miglioramenti audiologici e timpanome-trici a T1 e T2 (p < 0,001). Il Gruppo A ha mostrato risultati migliori ad ogni end-point, statisticamente significativi solo per CHL alle frequenze 250 e 1000 Hz a T1 (rispettiva-mente 0,024 e 0,012).Conclusioni. La terapia con Otovent accelera il miglioramento dei pazienti CP/CLP con disfunzioni dell’orecchio medio in termini di risultati impedenzometrici e CHL a breve-medio termine
Nasal autoinflation devices for middle ear disease in cleft palate children : are they effective? / C. Rosso, A. Pisani, E. Stefanoni, C. Pipolo, G. Felisati, A.M. Saibene. - In: ACTA OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGICA ITALICA. - ISSN 1827-675X. - 41:4(2021 Aug), pp. 364-370. [10.14639/0392-100X-N1277]
Nasal autoinflation devices for middle ear disease in cleft palate children : are they effective?
C. Rosso
Primo
;A. Pisani;C. Pipolo;G. Felisati;A.M. SaibeneUltimo
2021
Abstract
Objective. Cleft lip palate (CLP) and cleft palate (CP) patients have a higher incidence of otitis media with effusion (OME) and conductive hearing problems. This article aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a 6-month course of self-administered autoinflation therapy in paediatric CP/CLP patients in terms of conductive hearing loss (CHL) and OME preva- lence. Methods. Fifty-one patients with surgically corrected CP/CLP and diagnosis of OME re- ceived indication to 6-months autoinflation therapy with an Otovent® device. Clinical evalu- ation, tympanogram and pure tone audiometry were carried out at the time of prescription (T0), at the end of treatment (T1) and at 6-month follow-up (T2). Patients were divided in 2 groups based on therapeutic compliance (29 compliant children, group A, vs 22 non-compliant children, group B). Results. Case series showed better audiological results and tympanometries at both time points (p < 0.001). Group A showed better outcomes at tympanograms and at each frequen- cy, but were statistically significant only in terms of CHL at 250 and 1000 Hz frequencies at T1 (respectively 0.024 and 0.012). Conclusions. Nasal autoinflation therapy accelerates improvement of OME and hearing thresholds at short-/mid-term, leading to an earlier improved hearing performance.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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