Prognostic Factors for Hearing Outcomes in Children with Cleft Lip and Palate

Chao-Hui Yang, Jui Pin Lai, An Chi Lee, Lu Hui Cheng, Chung Feng Hwang*

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Abstract

Background: This study was performed to investigate the prognostic factors that influence hearing outcomes of children with cleft lip and palate after ventilation tube insertion. Methods: The authors retrospectively reviewed the hearing thresholds of 90 children with cleft lip and palate and performed univariate and multivariate analyses of five prognostic factors for hearing outcomes: age at palatoplasty, age at first ventilation tube insertion, timing of ventilation tube insertion, frequency of ventilation tube insertion, and type of cleft palate. Results: On univariate analysis, the authors found that older age at palatoplasty (p = 0.002), older age at first ventilation tube insertion (p = 0.025), and increased frequency of ventilation tube insertion (p = 0.048) were significant prognostic factors for poorer hearing outcomes in children with cleft lip and palate. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that late palatoplasty (age older than 1 year) was the most influential factor for poor hearing outcome (OR, 2.83), followed by two or more ventilation tube insertions (OR, 1.94). Conclusion: The age at palatoplasty and frequency of ventilation tube insertion were found to be significant prognostic factors influencing hearing outcomes in children with cleft lip and palate. CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Risk, III.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)368e-374e
JournalPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Volume143
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 01 02 2019
Externally publishedYes

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