Acoustic rhinometry in mouth breathing patients: a systematic review
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Acoustic rhinometry in mouth breathing patients: a systematic review.
INTRODUCTION When there is a change in the physiological pattern of nasal breathing, mouth breathing may already be present. The diagnosis of mouth breathing is related to nasal patency. One way to access nasal patency is by acoustic rhinometry. OBJECTIVE To systematically review the effectiveness of acoustic rhinometry for the diagnosis of patients with mouth breathing. METHODS Electronic ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1808-8694
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2014.12.007