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The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 3 Middle ear change of compliance measured in ml during different breathing tasks in the acoustic reflex decay test

From: Assessment of sensitivity of acoustic reflex decay test in diagnosis of patulous eustachian tube

Change of middle ear compliance measured in ml.

 

Cases

n = 26

Control

n = 26

P value*

Mouth breathing

Mean ± SD

0.08 ± 0.04

0.01 ± 0.01

< 0.001

Nasal breathing

Mean ± SD

0.14 ± 0.07

0.03 ± 0.04

< 0.001

Ipsilateral nostril breathing

Mean ± SD

0.34 ± 0.12

0.05 ± 0.06

< 0.001

  1. *Mann‐Whitney U test
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