Gas Supply, Demand and Middle Ear Gas Balance -- Fly/Dive Simulation

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

92

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

December 2, 2014

Primary Completion Date

December 4, 2018

Study Completion Date

December 4, 2018

Conditions
Middle-ear Barotrauma
Interventions
OTHER

flight/diving simulation

measurement of ET function during simulated flight/diving in pressure chamber

OTHER

ET function testing at ambient pressure

ET function testing at ambient pressure using sonometry, tubomonometry, 9-step test, maneuver sequence

OTHER

nasal video-endoscopy

examination of nose, nasopharynx,and Eustachian tube orifice

Trial Locations (1)

15213

University of Pittsburgh Middle Ear Physiology Laboratory, Pittsburgh

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

NIH

lead

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

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