The Effect of Adenoid Hypertrophy on Middle Ear Resonance Frequency

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Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether or not adenoid hypertrophy had a change in middle ear resonance fre-quency (RF) values. Material and Methods: The study included chil-dren with adenoid hypertropy who were scheduled for operation and healthy childen with similar age and gender. The tympanometry and multifrequency tympanometry results of the children who had and had no adenoid hypertrophy were examined. Results: The study included 28 children, while no significant difference was found between the study and the control group in terms of age and gender. No significant difference was found between right and left ear RF values of the par-ticipants. Mean RF value of right ear was determined as 679.29in the study group and 964.29 in the control group. The mean RF value of the left ear was 610.71 in the study group and 989.29 in the control group. Mean RFvalue of study group was 645 and 976.79 in control group. Accordingly, there was a statistically significant difference between the study and control groups in terms of RF values (p<0.01). Conclusion:In our study, a significant decrease in middle ear RF values in children with adenoid hypertrophy suggests that adenoid hypertrophy is a con-dition that should be considered as a factor decreasing the RF values such as otitis media with effusion.