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PATENCY OF THE EUSTACHIAN TUBE IN RELATION TO PROFOUND HEARING LOSS IN CHILDHOOD

PATENCY OF THE EUSTACHIAN TUBE IN RELATION TO PROFOUND HEARING LOSS IN CHILDHOOD Abstract Recent reports1 recording the results of irradiation of the eustachian orifice and tube have focused attention on disease of this structure in children in relation to the improvement of their hearing and the presumed effect of such disease in childhood on the development of deafness in adult life. In the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, at Mt. Airy, there are in residence 540 children. The assigned causes of deafness in these children are: biologic defect, 53 per cent; meningitis, 17 per cent; trauma, 14 per cent; contagious diseases (such as measles, scarlet fever and their sequelae), 15 per cent and incidental causes, 1 per cent. In a previous report2 true congenital deafness was shown to be a relatively unusual condition, since an insignificant number of the children in this group had parents who were born deaf. In consequence the term "biologic defect" was substituted to fulfil the requirements of statistical References 1. Crowe, S. J., and Baylor, J. W.: The Prevention of Deafness , J. A. M. A. 112:585 ( (Feb. 18) ) 1939.Crossref 2. Hughson, W.; Ciocco, A., and Palmer, C.: Studies of Pupils of the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf: I. Auditory Acuity , Arch. Otolaryng. 29:403 ( (March) ) 1939.Crossref 3. Perlman, H. B.: The Eustachian Tube: Abnormal Patency and Normal Physiologic State , Arch. Otolaryng. 30:212 ( (Aug.) ) 1939.Crossref 4. Thompson, E.; Howe, H. A., and Hughson, W.: Middle Ear Pressure and Auditory Acuity , Am. J. Physiol. 110:312 ( (Dec.) ) 1934. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Otolaryngology American Medical Association

PATENCY OF THE EUSTACHIAN TUBE IN RELATION TO PROFOUND HEARING LOSS IN CHILDHOOD

Archives of Otolaryngology , Volume 33 (5) – May 1, 1941

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1941 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-9977
DOI
10.1001/archotol.1941.00660030834013
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Abstract

Abstract Recent reports1 recording the results of irradiation of the eustachian orifice and tube have focused attention on disease of this structure in children in relation to the improvement of their hearing and the presumed effect of such disease in childhood on the development of deafness in adult life. In the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, at Mt. Airy, there are in residence 540 children. The assigned causes of deafness in these children are: biologic defect, 53 per cent; meningitis, 17 per cent; trauma, 14 per cent; contagious diseases (such as measles, scarlet fever and their sequelae), 15 per cent and incidental causes, 1 per cent. In a previous report2 true congenital deafness was shown to be a relatively unusual condition, since an insignificant number of the children in this group had parents who were born deaf. In consequence the term "biologic defect" was substituted to fulfil the requirements of statistical References 1. Crowe, S. J., and Baylor, J. W.: The Prevention of Deafness , J. A. M. A. 112:585 ( (Feb. 18) ) 1939.Crossref 2. Hughson, W.; Ciocco, A., and Palmer, C.: Studies of Pupils of the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf: I. Auditory Acuity , Arch. Otolaryng. 29:403 ( (March) ) 1939.Crossref 3. Perlman, H. B.: The Eustachian Tube: Abnormal Patency and Normal Physiologic State , Arch. Otolaryng. 30:212 ( (Aug.) ) 1939.Crossref 4. Thompson, E.; Howe, H. A., and Hughson, W.: Middle Ear Pressure and Auditory Acuity , Am. J. Physiol. 110:312 ( (Dec.) ) 1934.

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Archives of OtolaryngologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: May 1, 1941

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