Relationship between congenital malformation of the outer ear and hearing

Conclusion and significance: There are positive correlations among the degree of microtia, degree of OECM, and AACT values for each other, and so between the degree of OEC atresia and AACT, suggesting that as the severity of microtia or OECM increased, the AACT also tended to be higher, which make it possible to predict the hearing level and the degree of OECM based on microtia grades in clinical practice. Additionally, there are significant differences in AACT values in microtia grade III to grades II or IV, OEC normal to stenosis or atresia, while no differences in microtia grade I to II and grade IV to V, OEC stenosis to atresia, and among the grades I-IV of the OEC atresia.PMID:38113167 | DOI:10.1080/00016489.2023.2281504
Source: Acta Oto-Laryngologica - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Source Type: research