Wideband tympanometry for improved diagnosis of conductive hearing loss in childre
- Conditions
- H91.9Hearing 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
Name Time Method 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
Name Time Method Discrimination of different absorption spectra betweeen different groups