Assessment of Nasal Obstruction in Different Facial Profiles

The Effect of Nasal Obstruction after Different Nasal Surgeries Using Acoustic Rhinometry and Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation Scale

BACKGROUND The efficiency of nasal surgeries can be determined by objective or subjective methods. We have assessed the effect of nasal obstruction after different nasal surgeries using Acoustic Rhinometry (AR) and Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) Scale. METHODS Between May 2011 and May 2012, 40 young adult patients and 10 healthy volunteers as control group who referred to ...

Effects of nasal obstruction on facial development.

The relationship between nasal obstruction and facial growth is controversial. Much of the controversy relates to the lack of sophistication in quantifying nasal versus oral respiration and the lack of longitudinal data. Nevertheless, a number of studies in laboratory animals, nonhuman primates, and humans have shown a relationship between nasal airway obstruction and aberrant facial growth. In...

Nasal airway obstruction and facial development.

the role of application of dynamic assessment approach in improvement of iranian efl writing performance at different language proficiency levels

the present study sought to investigate the role of dynamic assessment (da) in improvement of iranian efl writing performance at different language proficiency levels. to this end, after conducting the quick placement test, 60 iranian efl learners were assigned to two groups with different language proficiency levels. in both groups each participant wrote two compositions, one before and one af...

Assessment of nasal obstruction with flexible nasal endoscopy.

OBJECTIVE To report the value of nasal endoscopy as an outpatient procedure in the diagnosis of posterior nasal obstruction. METHODS Over one year period, from March 2002 to March 2003, we evaluated 130 adult patients that attended the Ear, Nose and Throat Department of Sohag University Hospital in Egypt with persistent nasal obstruction via anterior rhinoscopy and flexible nasopharyngoscopy....