title: Otologic impairments in achondroplasia: a nosologic assessment.
abstract: The AA report a clinical and radiological study performed in 18 achondroplastic patients in order to achieve a nosological settlement of the otological impairments. They found two main otological syndromes; one, a congenital dysplasic syndrome, showing permanent conductive or sensory-neural hearing loss due to malformations of the middle ear or of the inner ear; the other, an inflammatory tubal tympanic syndrome with transient conductive hearing loss, which is relatively frequent in achondroplastic patients, but seems not related to the main disease.
authors.affiliation: E.N.T. Department, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pinelli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Masi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Partipilo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pierro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tieri
mesh_terms: D000130:Achondroplasia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001299:Audiometry; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013577:Syndrome