Introduction: In spite of the fact that acute otitis media is a systemic and symptomatic disease with sever otalgia, otitis media with effusion (OME) is an asymptomatic and silent disease. OME is the most common cause of conductive hearing loss in children and has adverse effects on speech development and cognitive skills. Results: Among 1001 children under study, 57 subjects (5.7%) were dia...

The cleaning of the ear canal is very important, and it crucial that performed by an otolaryngologist as requires a high level competence skill. accumulation cerumen or earwax in one most commonly observed problems patients, ignoring may cause hearing loss, irritation discomfort. There are number techniques have been utilized past for canal, including irrigation, i.e., curettage water pick, syr...

Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence and associated symptoms of cerumen impaction in adults state Rio Grande do Norte. Methods: This is an analytical, cross-sectional observational research, with a quantitative approach, which users, companions employees tertiary hospital aged 18 years or older participated, through otoscopy evaluation clinical otological complaints. Results: 1,067 between 87...