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GMS Current Posters in Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (DGHNOKHC)

ISSN 1865-1038

Acoustic measurement of the eustachian tube function

Poster Otologie

  • corresponding author Georgi Kukushev - Military Medical Academy – Sofia, ENT Department, Sofia, Bulgarien
  • Ventzislav Tzvetkov - Military Medical Academy – Sofia, ENT Dept., Sofia, Bulgarien
  • Stefan Stoyanov - Ministry of Inferior – Medical Institute ENT Department, Sofia, Bulgarien
  • Katya Asenova - Military Medical Academy – Sofia, ENT Dept., Sofia, Bulgarien

GMS Curr Posters Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2015;11:Doc209

doi: 10.3205/cpo001174, urn:nbn:de:0183-cpo0011740

Published: April 16, 2015

© 2015 Kukushev et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.


Outline

Abstract

The examination of the Eustachian tube is one of the most important factors for the success of tympanoplasty and treatment of middle ear infections. We propose a prototype of newly developed device for acoustic measurement of Eustachian tube function. This new approach can complement to the standard tests (Valsalva and Toynbee). Our first results are very promising and we hope that this method will find its place in the routine ENT practice.

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