title: [Treatment of cleft palate with secretory otitis media].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To gain a clear idea of the function of middle ear and hearing in cleft palate with secretory otitis media after pressure equalization tube insertion.
  
  
  METHODS
  53 cleft palate cases with secretory otitis media including 62 ears were divided into treatment and control groups. They were examined by tympanogram and hearing threshold.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hearing threshold in treatment group after PE tube insertion respectively was 23.3 dB and 23.4 dB in the near future and at a specified future date. It was normal. But there were still 64% tympanogram B and C.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PE tube insertion could solve hearing problem, but could not improve the function of middle ear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Hui-fen
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Li-rong
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiao-yi
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*