Otitis media is the most common reason for children less than 5 years of age to visit a medical practitioner. Whilst the disease rarely results in death, there is significant associated morbidity. The most common complication is loss of hearing at a critical stage of the development of speech, language and cognitive abilities in children. The cause and pathogenesis of otitis media is multifacto...

BACKGROUND Middle ear disease (otitis media) is common and frequently severe in Australian Aboriginal children. There have not been any recent large-scale surveys using clear definitions and a standardised middle ear assessment. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of middle ear disease (otitis media) in a high-risk population of young Aboriginal children from remote communities...

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...

introduction: chronic otitis media (com), a persistent and durable inflammation and infection of the middle ear, is a common disorder. alterations in the contralateral ear in sufferers have been observed in recent years. because only a few studies have been reported in this area, we performed this study in order to assess alterations in the contralateral ear of patients with com.   materials an...

introduction: one of the main treatments of chronic otitis media with effusion is ventilation of the middle ear with a ventilation tube (vt). the objective of this study was to determine the incidence and the types of vt complications in children with otitis media with effusion in ahwaz. materials and methods: in this prospective study, the medical records of 208 children (52 male and 35 female...

The objective of the present work was to study the characteristics of middle ear microflora in the patients presenting with chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), clarify changes in its species composition over the territory of the Transbaikal Krai during the period from 2000 till 2013, and elucidate its dependence on the treatment prescribed with due regard for sensitivity of microorganisms ...

Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) is an inflammatory condition of the middle ear cleft, acute or chronic, with collection of fluid in the middle ear with an intact tympanic membrane. It is a very common disease in childhood, the most frequent cause of hearing loss in childhood and often requiring surgery. OME is called chronic when the fluid in the middle ear persists for more than three months ...