SUMMARY 2000 ,Tehran schoolaged children, were included in a randomized trial to evaluate the risk factors for otitis media with effusion through interviews, a written questionnaire, otoscopy pneumatic and tympanometry. We found that the incidence of OME increased in children with parents who smoke (P<0.001) and were bottle fed as babies (P<0.005). Others factor such as, allergy, sinusitis, p...

Objectives. To determine the agreement between 1) ear examination findings of otorhinolaryngologist using an otoscope and trained elementary school nurses a penlight, 2) hearing screening nurses, both Philippine National Ear Institute (PNEI) Method 512 Hz Tuning Fork Test (TFT) 3) PNEI TFT audiometry findings.&#x0D; Methods. In this continuing study, residing in venue previously penlight TFT, c...

Introduction: Hearing is the usual way to acquire language, which allows us development of thought and knowledge; hearing loss can affect ability learn communicate in children cause alterations their behavior academic performance. Objective: To determine relationship between level performance primary school students from a public educational institution Lima. Methods: Observational, correlation...

The feasibility of virtual otoscopy (VO) imaging was evaluated in five dogs with experimentally induced otitis media, two control dogs, and two canine patients with otitis media. VO images of the tympanic cavity and ossicles were generated with commercially available software using raw computed tomography (CT) data. Eight out of 10 ears inoculated with pathogen exhibited obvious clinical signs ...

Different studies have demonstrated that solvents may induce auditory damage. It has been suggested that part of this damage may be localised in central auditory pathways. The present study aimed to investigate possible auditory processing disorders related to solvent exposure. Thirty solvent-exposed workers and 30 gender-, age- and educational level-matched control subjects were selected to pa...

A 69-year-old male previously diagnosed with acute myeloblastic leukemia secondary to myelodysplastic syndrome (LMA with dysplasia, karyotype 46XY, and no cytogenetics abnormalities) refractory to treatment (hydroxyurea, cytarabine, mitoxantrone, and azacitidine) presented with right-side otalgia, otorrhea, and deafness with 2 months progression. He had been treated with oral ciprofloxacin, ear...

DRE, aged 1 year and 8 months, male, underwent a deglutogram to investigate gastroesophageal reflux, which identified a radiopaque object in the rhinopharynx (Figure 1a). The children lived in an orphanage and the caretaker could not inform details about symptoms, but reported bilateral otorrhea since the first few months of life and recurrent pneumonia (which had justified the investigation of...

Materials and Methods: Twenty-six children with serous otitis media, ages ranging between 4-14 years were prospectively included into the study. A diagnosis of OME was made on the basis of the patient’s history and examination, otoscopy, tympanogram and pure tone audiometry. The MEEs were collected via a sterile, disposable aspirator (Juhn Tym-Tap®, Xomed Inc., Jacksonville, FL 32216, USA) afte...

Objective. Endolymphatic sac tumor (ELST) is a rare neoplasm arising from the intrapetrous portion of the endolymphatic sac, either isolated or in association with the von Hippel-Lindau disease. We report a sporadic case of ELST with an overview of the literature and a discussion of clinic-radiological, histopathologic, and surgical findings. Case Report. A young woman presented with a progress...