Can we use the status of one ear to predict Eustachian tube function of the contralateral ear?

Laryngoscope

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Published: July 2017

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