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Otoscopic appearances and tympanometric changes in narghile smokers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Kamal G. Effat
Kamal G. Effat
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, El-Sahel Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
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Abstract

Narghile (water-pipe) smoking requires the generation of significant negative intrapharyngeal pressure, which may be transmitted to the middle ear through the Eustachian tube. A total of 80 ears from regular narghile smokers were examined otoscopically and by tympanometry. Seventy ears from heavy cigarette smokers were similarly examined and served as a control group. There was a highly significant increase in the prevalence of atticretractions (P < 0.01) in the narghile smokers. The tympanometric changes were not significantly different between the two groups (P > 0.05).

Keywords

SmokingEarMiddleEustachian Tube
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 118 , Issue 10 , October 2004 , pp. 818 - 821
Copyright
© 2004 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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