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Conductive hearing loss and rapid maxillary expansion: Report of a case

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Abstract

Treatment of a maxillary deficiency by rapid maxillary expansion may change the oral, nasal, and pharyngeal tissue form so as to benefit respiration as well as correct a dental cross-bite. In patients with conductive hearing loss concomitant with a maxillary deficiency, this orthopedic procedure may aid in improving hearing due to a more normal functioning of the pharyngeal ostia of the Eustachian tubes as a result of the effect of rapid maxillary expansion on the palatal and nasopharyngeal tissues.

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    Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, New York University.

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