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Eustachian Tube Function and Myringoplasty/Tympanoplasty

NCT01766856 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2018-01-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will determine whether the likely success of closing a hole in the eardrum can be predicted by testing Eustachian tube function. The Eustachian tube is a natural tube that connects the back of the nose with the middle ear. When a person goes up in an airplane and their ears "pop" or when one yawns and their ears "pop", that is the Eustachian tube opening. The Eustachian tube is responsible for keeping the air pressure in the middle ear the same as in the environment and keeping the middle ear free of fluid. It is thought that in children with middle-ear disease, the muscles that open the Eustachian tube do not work very well; this seems to get better in many children as they get older. It is thought that poor Eustachian tube function is the cause of failures when holes in the eardrum are patched and also for the recurrence of fluid in the middle-ear. The primary goal of this study is to see whether it can be predicted, based on testing Eustachian tube function before surgery, whether patching the eardrum will be successful and whether fluid will come back in the ear after it is patched.

Conditions

  • Tympanic Membrane Perforation

Interventions

OTHER

Eustachian tube function testing

Eustachian tube function testing will consist of some or all of the following tests: Inflation/Deflation test, Forced Response test, Compliance test,Valsalva, Toynbee and Sniffing

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Margaretha L Casselbrant, MD, PhD · University of Pittsburgh

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-11-02
Completion
2017-11-02

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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