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Cystic Fibrosis and Hearing Loss
Bonnie Forman-Franco, MA;
Allan L. Abramson, MD;
Jack D. Gorvoy, MD;
Ted Stein, MS
Arch Otolaryngol. 1979;105(6):338-342.
Abstract
• The mucosal epithelium of the middle ear and Eustachian tube is in direct continuity with the upper respiratory tract. Since the otolaryngological aspects of cystic fibrosis (CF) are dominated by involvement of the paranasal sinuses, it might be assumed that children with CF would be expected to have a higher than usual incidence of middle ear disease. Eighty patients who were afflicted with CF had audiological evaluations, which consisted of hearing threshold levels (250 to 8,000 Hz) and speech and impedance audiometry. We found no greater incidence of a conductive or sensorineural hearing loss in patients with CF when compared with a normal age-adjusted population.
(Arch Otolaryngol 105:338-342, 1979)
Author Affiliations
From the Division of Otolaryngology and Communicative Disorders (Ms Forman-Franco, Dr Abramson, and Mr Stein), and the Department of Pediatrics (Dr Gorvoy), Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 21, 1978.
Read before the fifth annual meeting of the Society for Ear, Nose, and Throat Advances in Children, Chicago, Oct 29, 1977.
Reprint requests to Division of Otolaryngology, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 (Ms Forman-Franco).
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