title: The otologic significance of cleft palate in a Sri Lankan population.
abstract: The otologic findings from 197 subjects with repaired and unrepaired clefts and 121 noncleft controls are presented. All data were collected in Sri Lanka during a 3-week period attached to the Sri Lanka Project in 1986. Subjects were examined otoscopically and also tested audiometrically if they were able to perform a pure-tone audiogram, a performance test, or a distraction test. Subjects with clefts of the palate were found to have fewer otoscopically normal ears than the controls. A comparison between subjects with unrepaired and repaired palates revealed a similar rate of otoscopically normal ears in subjects older than 10 years of age. Comparisons for younger ages could not be performed because of a lack of subjects less than 10 years of age who had repaired palates. The impedance data were used to verify the accuracy of otoscopy in detecting effusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital for Sick Children, London, England.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Specker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000158:Acoustic Impedance Tests; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001299:Audiometry; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D015983:Selection Bias; D013188:Sri Lanka