著者叙述了历史,认为腭裂与听力损失和耳病是有关系的。1878年以后,有报道治疗腭裂后有听力改进以及有听力增高。1893年有人认为患腭裂者中半数有听力损失。1910年有报告19例腭裂患者中就有15人患耳病。近20年有较新的研究,主要致力于发病率、性质和听力损失程度。关于听力损失,1952年有人研究30例儿童腭裂中只发现3例无听力病和耳病。其发病率确有很大差异,性质为传导性的并且常是双侧的。只有一个研究中40例病人中的5 The author describes history and believes that cleft palate is associated with hearing loss and ear disease. After 1878, there have been reports of improvement of hearing and hearing after treatment of cleft palate. In 1893 some people think that there are half of the patients with cleft palate hearing loss. In 1910, there were 15 cases of ear disease in 19 cases of cleft palate. In the recent 20 years there have been newer studies focusing on the incidence, nature and degree of hearing loss. On hearing loss, in 1952 it was studied in 30 cases of children with cleft palate found only three cases of hearing and ear disease. The incidence is indeed very different, the nature of the conductive and often bilateral. Of the 40 patients in only one study, 5