Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to introduce this Special Issue regarding pediatric audiology, otologyand rhinology. Topics discussed herein are age-specific and extremely vital for the correct growth and development of children. Deaf children should be carefully monitored regarding accurate diagnosis and early treatment. Hearing loss may be inherited or acquired. Conductive hearing impairment is commonly observed in the course of otitis media with effusion. Although treatment protocols are similar all over the world and recommended for certain groups of patients, commonly used methods are still not perfect and may lead to a number of adverse events. Psychological assessment brings us closer to understanding intelligence processes, the functional organization of the brain and central auditory processing in children struggling with hearing problems, which may contribute to speech disorders in this group of patients. Trauma and foreign body aspiration are life-threatening conditions. Diagnostic and treatment algorithms should be widely known and recommended. Elastography is a recent ultrasonography method, which could be commonly used in cervical lymphadenopathy diagnostics in children. Nowadays, COVID-19-related findings are closely followed, and we would like to present our observations concerning ENT emergency visits.

The goal of this Special Issue in Children is to highlight recent advances in pediatric ENT, the diagnosis and treatment of the most frequent diseases, and possibilities for multidisciplinary specialists such as psychologists and speech therapists to contribute to medical teams. We welcome original research concerning novel approaches, as well as reviews identifying gaps in the knowledge.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Grażyna Mielnik-Niedzielska
Guest Editor

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• hearing loss
• COVID-19
• speech disorders
• tympanic membrane perforations
• bronchoscopy
• intelligence
• otitis media with effusion
• ventilation drainage
• elastography
• quality of life