[Auditory tube dysfunction in children (literature review, part 1)]. / Disfunktsiia slukhovoi truby v detskom vozraste (obzor literatury, chast' 1).

We present the review of the literature on the anatomical and physiological features of the structure of the auditory tube in children, epidemiology, etiology, and the pathogenesis of the formation of auditory tube dysfunction is presented. The first part of the article presents in more detail the structural and functional differences in the Eustachian tube in children, the classification and mechanism of the occurrence of the auditory tube dysfunction in pediatric practice.