Function of the eustachian tube in an alternobaric environment. A study with special reference to the therapy of secretory otitis media in children.
The authors have obtained interesting data from the alternobaric treatment of secretory otitis media in children. Some functional differences of the Eustachian tube between adults and children were then studied by the combined use of sonotubometry and pressure loading. The results showed speculated that Eustachian tube function changes from infant type to adult type between the ages of 6 and 10 years.
D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000097:blood; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae; D006801:Humans; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000097:blood; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae