caa a22 4500 38808510X CHVBK 20180307125228.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199912 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100157913 doi S0022215100157913 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100157913 Parental perceptions of grommet insertion in children with cleft palate [Elektronische Daten] Otitis media with effusion is almost universal in children with cleft palate and can delay speech, language and educational development by causing hearing loss. Grommet insertion at the time of cleft palate repair is common. There is debate about whether the benefits of grommets outweigh the risk of complications. A postal questionnaire was used to investigate parental perceptions of middle-ear ventilation via grommet insertion in children attending the multidisciplinary cleft palate clinic. These children's case notes were reviewed. Many children had speech and language delay, but parents thought this improved after grommet insertion. Overall parents were pleased with the results. This confirms that grommets have an important part to play in the management of children with cleft palate. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Cleft palate nationallicence Middle ear ventilation nationallicence Outcome assessment (health care) nationallicence Otitis media with effusion nationallicence Parents nationallicence Greig A. V. H. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK. Papesch M. E. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK. Rowsell A. R. Department of Plastic Surgery, Guy's Hospital, London, UK. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/12(1999-12), 1068-1071 0022-2151 113:12<1068 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100157913 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100157913 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Greig A. V. H. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Papesch M. E. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rowsell A. R. Department of Plastic Surgery, Guy's Hospital, London, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/12(1999-12), 1068-1071 0022-2151 113:12<1068 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge