[Retracted] Balloon Eustachian Tuboplasty and Grommet Insertion: A Combined Surgical Treatment for Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media with Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

Table 1

Evaluation of Eustachian tube function by the Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Questionnaire (ETDQ‐7).

Symptom	No problem	Moderate problem	Severe problem
Pressure in the ears?	1∼2	3∼5	6∼7
Pain in the ears?
A feeling that your ears are clogged?
Ear symptoms when you have a cold or sinusitis?
Cracking or popping sounds in the ears?
Ringing in the ears?
A feeling that your hearing is muffled?
Patients with ETD	ETDQ‐7 total score of 14.5 (mean item score 2.1)