Emotional Effects of Otitis Media with Effusion.

Otitis Media with Effusion

Otitis media with effusion (OME), also called glue ear, is characterised by a collection of fluid in the middle-ear cleft. there is chronic inflammation but without signs of acute inflammation. OME is the most common cause of hearing impairment (and the most common reason for elective surgery) in childhood, where it usually follows an episode of acute otitis media (AOM). It is uncommon in adult...

Otitis Media with Effusion

Otitis media with effusion (OME), also called glue ear, is characterised by a collection of fluid in the middle-ear cleft. there is chronic inflammation but without signs of acute inflammation. OME is the most common cause of hearing impairment (and the most common reason for elective surgery) in childhood, where it usually follows an episode of acute otitis media (AOM). It is uncommon in adult...

Otitis Media with Effusion

Otitis media with effusion (OME), also called glue ear, is characterised by a collection of fluid in the middle-ear cleft. there is chronic inflammation but without signs of acute inflammation. OME is the most common cause of hearing impairment (and the most common reason for elective surgery) in childhood, where it usually follows an episode of acute otitis media (AOM). It is uncommon in adult...

Distinguishing Acute Otitis Media From Otitis Media With Effusion

Long-term effects of otitis media with effusion: otomicroscopic findings.

A cohort of 946 children who were screened for otitis media with effusion (OME) by serial tympanometry from the age of 2 to 4 years was followed up by otomicroscopy at 7.5 to 8 years of age. At school age, signs of active middle ear disease were present in 2.2% of ears that had been free from OME at preschool age, whereas 12.7% of ears that had suffered from persistent OME and 17.8% of ears tha...