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B Drettner

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The patency of the maxillary ostium in relation to body posture.

Eleven subjects were investigated concerning the effect of postural changes on the functional size of the maxillary ostium. The ostial size expressed as the percentage of the initial value decreased only slightly when the body position was altered from 90 degrees (sitting) to 30 degrees, while the decrease between 30 degrees and 0 degrees (lying) was more pronounced. A cuff around the neck inflated to 25 mmHg gave a decrease corresponding to a value of 20 degrees body position. Insufficient ventilation of the paranasal sinuses when lying down may result, especially in cases already having small ostia in the sitting position.

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Cardiovascular risk factors and hearing loss. A study of 1,000 fifty-year-old men.

The hypothesis that cardiovascular risk factors might be of importance in the development of sensori-neural hearing loss was tested in a material of 1000 fifty-year-old men. No significant correlations were found. The present study confirmed the well-known observation that the left ear usually is poorer than the right. Hearing loss in the right ear was found to be related to the smoking habits in the groups with no history of noise exposure. The explanation for this is discussed. Hearing loss was more common in social class 3 than in the other social classes. This difference was principally referable to noise exposure but also to conductive hearing loss. A prospective study of this material will further analyze the question concerning a possible relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and hearing loss.

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