PRESSURE OPENING AND CLOSING FUNCTIONS OF THE EUSTACHIAN-TUBE IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH NORMAL EARS
PRESSURE OPENING AND CLOSING FUNCTIONS OF THE EUSTACHIAN-TUBE IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH NORMAL EARS
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DOI：
10.3109/00016488309130915
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发表时间：
1983-01-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
IVARSSON, A
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作者：
BYLANDER, A;TJERNSTROM, O;IVARSSON, A
应用阻抗技术和压力室对58例3~12岁儿童和61例17~73岁成人的咽鼓管功能进行了研究，均为耳科健康。测量了压力开启和关闭函数，即压力开启所需的中耳相对超压和压力开启后中耳的残余超压。管子的这些被动功能被认为反映了闭合因素，在正常儿童和成人之间没有显著差异。儿童的肌肉开放功能，即主动压力平衡能力明显比成人差，年幼的儿童比年长的儿童差。本研究结果可作为儿童中耳疾病咽鼓管研究的参考资料。
Eustachian tube function was studied with the impedance technique and a pressure chamber in 58 children, aged 3-12 yr, and 61 adults, aged 17-73 yr; all were otologically healthy. The pressure opening and closing functions were measured, i.e., the relative overpressure in the middle ear required to force open the tube, and the residual overpressure in the middle ear after pressure opening, respectively. These passive functions of the tube, assumed to reflect the closing factors, did not differ significantly between normal children and adults. The muscular opening function, i.e., active pressure equilibration capacity was significantly poorer in children than in adults and poorer in younger children than in older ones. The results can be used as a reference material in investigations of the Eustachian tube in children with middle ear disease.