The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 148, Issue 5 , Pages 699-700, May 2006

Placement of ear ventilation tubes does not improve long-term hearing threshholds and increases scarring

University of Colorado Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO 80218

Question Does the use of ventilation tube insertion in children with otitis media with effusion have an effect on hearing thresholds and tympanic membrane pathologic abnormalities?

 

PII: S0022-3476(06)00264-2

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.03.045

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 148, Issue 5 , Pages 699-700, May 2006