Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation

Lidija DUBROVSKA-MILETIC, Marina DAVCEVA-CAKAR

HYPERtroPHICALUM ADENOIDIS IN RELATIUM CUM
SECRETUM OTTITIS IN MEDIAM

In this study we presented the treatment of 20 children with secretory otitis media (SOM). The treatment was surgical and it considened-ventilaton tube insertion and adenoidectomy in case of enlarged adenoid. In this clinical investigation was enroll 15 boys and 5 girls in age 5 to 10 were divided in two main groups:

1. 9 children without enlarged adenoid

2. 11 children with confirmed enlarged adenoid

Clinical material was analyzed according to hearing level, middle ear condition estimated by pure toneaudiiometry and tympanometry before and after the treatment. The result showed that adenoidectomy in combination with ventilation tube insertion facilitate secretory otitis media. That’s enable timely improving of hearing function us a important on development of speech, social, emotional and academic development in the early childhood.