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Wideband tympanometry for improved diagnosis of conductive hearing loss in childre

Conditions
H91.9
Hearing loss, unspecified
Registration Number
DRKS00030831
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Köln
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria for groups 1 and 2:
•Subjects are children up to 8 years of age.
•The children have a conductive hearing loss (middle ear effusion)
•The children are either normally developed (group 1) or have a developmental delay (group 2)

Inclusion criteria for group 3:
•Subjects are children up to 8 years of age
•The children have no developmental delay and they have no hearing loss

Exclusion Criteria

> 8 years

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The aim of this current research project is to demonstrate the added value of wideband tympanometry in the diagnosis of children with conductive hearing loss.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Discrimination of different absorption spectra betweeen different groups
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