Tasting instilled otologic drops is not a reliable test of eustachian tube function.
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D000287:Administration, Topical; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009079:Mucociliary Clearance / Q000187:drug effects; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012439:Saccharin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013649:Taste; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis*
D012439:Saccharin