@article{Alam_Huque_Hossain_Atikuzzaman_Hussain_Arefin_2021, title={Effects of Enlarged Adenoids on Middle Ear Pressure and Hearing}, volume={27}, url={https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJO/article/view/53210}, DOI={10.3329/bjo.v27i1.53210}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adenoids are common childhood upper respiratory tract problem which frequently obstruct the nasopharyngeal opening with tubal occlusion causes reduction in middle ear pressure with conductive hearing loss.</p> <p><strong>Objective: </strong>To observe middle ear pressure and level of hearing in children with enlarged adenoids.</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross sectional observational study conducted among 72 children of enlarged adenoids admitted or attended in Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Dhaka.</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>72 children of enlarged adenoids of age ranges between 5-12 years with male female ratio was 1.25:1. Mouth breathing (65.27%), hearing impairment (59.72%), nasal obstruction (55.55%) and snoring (56.94%) were the presenting symptoms of the patients. Majority of the patients of this study came from middle class (52.77%). Most of the patients with enlarged adenoids were grossly enlarged (51.38%). 43.05% grossly enlarged adenoids had significant hearing loss . In this series 65 ears (45.13%) had type A Tympanogram. 58 ears (40.27%) has Type B Tympanogram and 21 ears (14.58%) has Type C Tympanogram.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: This study revealed significant association between enlarged adenoids and conductive hearing loss of variable degree and negative middle ear pressure.</p> <p>Bangladesh J Otorhinolaryngol; April 2021; <strong>27</strong>(1): 73-80</p>}, number={1}, journal={Bangladesh Journal of Otorhinolaryngology}, author={Alam, Md Noor Kutubul and Huque, SM Nazmul and Hossain, ABM Delowar and Atikuzzaman, Kazi and Hussain, Mohammad Jamal and Arefin, Mostafa Kamal}, year={2021}, month={Apr.}, pages={73–80} }