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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Otoacoustic Emissions in Children with Long-Term Middle Ear Disease.

Milaine Dominici Sanfins, Luisa Frata Bertazolli, Piotr H Skarzynski, Magdalena Beata Skarzynska, Caroline Donadon, Maria Francisca Colella-Santos

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. [Feasibility of MAGIC pure tone screening in children aged 3 to 6 years].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2025
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  4. The effect of tympanostomy tubes on otoacoustic emissions.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Milaine Dominici SanfinsChild and Adolescent Heath Program, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 04515-030, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3647-3999
Luisa Frata BertazolliFaculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 04515-030, Brazil.
Piotr H SkarzynskiInstitute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 00-002 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4978-1915
Magdalena Beata SkarzynskaInstitute of Sensory Organs, 00-002 Warsaw, Poland.
Caroline DonadonChild and Adolescent Heath Program, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 04515-030, Brazil.
Maria Francisca Colella-SantosDepartment of Human Development and Rehabilitation (DHDR), Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 04515-030, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7456-9502
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BRInstitute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing · PLMedical University of Warsaw · PL

Funding

Foundation for Research Support of the State of São Paulo FAPESP
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOtoacoustic emissions (OAEs) evaluate the functional status of the cochlea. Repeated otitis media (OM) can cause changes in the peripheral structures of the auditory system, and, in this way, middle ear infection may irreversibly damage the middle ear, or even the cochlea.

objectivesTo analyze the results of transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) in individuals with a history of OM.

methodParticipants with 8 to 16 years of schooling were split into two groups: a control group (CG) of 50 subjects who had no history of otological disease and an experimental group (EG) of 50 subjects who had a history of recurrent otitis in childhood and had consequently undergone myringotomy to insert bilateral ventilation tubes. All children underwent basic audiological assessment (tonal audiometry, speech audiometry, and immittance testing) and otoacoustic emission testing (TEOAEs and DPOAEs).

resultsThere were no significant differences between the groups when audiometrically tested via air and bone conduction. OAEs were found in all CG subjects. For the EG, there were no TEOAE responses in 17 ears and no DPOAEs in nine ears; response amplitudes were lower at all frequencies. The emission level and the signal-to-noise ratio were statistically different between the two groups, and OAEs in the EG were statistically smaller compared to the GC.

conclusionIn the EG, responses were more likely to be absent and were of statistically smaller amplitude compared to the CG. A history of repeated OM apparently interferes with the generation and transmission of TEOAEs and DPOAEs.

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