caa a22 4500 386347727 CHVBK 20180307111817.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198903 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100108643 doi S0022215100108643 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100108643 Swimming in chlorinated water and its effect on Eustachian tube function [Elektronische Daten] Middle-ear effusion in children is considered to be the result of multiple factors. Swimming in chlorinated water has been incriminated as one such possible aetiological factor. To test the hypothesis that the chemical disinfectant in the swimming pool is probably responsible for the Eustachian tube dysfunction, 30 children between the ages of four and eight years were selected at random from the community health department computer records and were randomly allocated into two groups. Eustachian tube function was assessed by standard tympanometry both immediately prior to swimming (control) and 30 to 45 minutes following swimming in Group 1 and approximately 14 hours following swimming in Group 2. The results of the study showed no significant change (p>0.05) between pre- and post-swimming tympanometry. It is therefore concluded that swimming on the surface of chlorinated water does not compromise the Eustachian tube function in children with healthy middle ears. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989 Morgan D. W. Birmingham Shenoi P. M. Birmingham The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/3(1989-03), 257-258 0022-2151 103:3<257 1989 103 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100108643 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100108643 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Morgan D. W. Birmingham NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shenoi P. M. Birmingham NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/3(1989-03), 257-258 0022-2151 103:3<257 1989 103 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge