Audiologic assessment of the children with cleft lip/palate / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the audiologic characteristics of the children with cleft lip and/or palate.@*METHOD@#Sixty-two children with cleft lip/palate were enrolled in the study. Tympanometry, DPOAE, ABR were tested in all the chidren.@*RESULT@#Regarding the ABR threshold as the diagnostic criteria, 51 (41.13%) ears had hearing loss, mainly moderate. Sixty-three (59.43%) ears had abnormal tympanometry, which meant the disorder function of the middle ear. Twenty-six (56.52%) ears didn't pass the DPOAE.@*CONCLUSION@#The proportion of the hearingloss in the children with cleft lip/palate was large. There was a good coherence among the three objective examinations when assess the children with cleft lip/palate.