Hearing disorders at the candidates of the National Gendarmerie’s competition, Ivory Coast.

Objective: Detect the hearing deficiencies of the candi­da­tes of the gendarmerie’s competition.

Material And Method: Pros­pec­tive study realized over 3 years (2008-2010), in the ENT service of the Gendarmerie to Agban (Abidjan). Examination included an otoscopy and a pure tone audiometry.

Craniofacial modifications in Ivorian melanoderm children with chronic retronasal obstruction.

Objective: To determine the influence of the chronic retro nasal airway obstruction on craniofacial morphology.

Methods: It was a case-control study which included fifty-eight melanoderm children aged from 3 to 6 years (31 males and 27 females), divided in 2 samples. A studied group of 29 habitual snorers presenting chronic retro nasal obstruction due to enlarged adenoid and a control group of 29 age matched children selected among patients consulting for routine evaluation.

[Tympanoplasty: Experience of the ENT department in Yopougon hospital (Ivory Cost)].

Purpose: Perform an analysis of epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of tympanoplasty in Ivory Coast.

Materials And Methods: Retro and prospective study over 13 years conducted in the ENT department of Yopougon Teaching Hospital. Our study concerned 104 patients.

[A case of nasal foreign bodies by tooth migration].

Foreign bodies are a frequent reason for ENT consultation especially in children. Although the nature of the foreign body can be variable, the discovery of a tooth in a nasal cavity is a rare occurrence. The authors report a case of foreign body inside the nasal cavity caused by tooth migration and discuss its pathologic, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects.