UNLABELLED Past five years of age, the main complaint of children who are hard of hearing is that they have difficulty in learning. AIM Compare these results to suspected hearing loss, through triage with the exams of evoked otoacoustic emissions (EOAE) transients (TEOAE) and by distortion product (DPEOAE), using data from audiometric exams; observe which of the procedures of EOAE better resp...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media in children between 6 months and 2 years of age. DESIGN Practice based, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial. SETTING 53 general practices in the Netherlands. SUBJECTS 240 children aged 6 months to 2 years with the diagnosis of acute otitis media. INTERVENTION Amoxicillin 40 mg/kg/day in three...

Introduction There is only limited information from previous studies that suggest that auditory function may be influenced by hormones. Recent advances in the field have exposed the potential role of hormones in modulating the auditory system. Objective This study aims to investigate the relationship between menstrual cycle and outer hair cell function with audiological examination. Methods Thi...

Background: Otomycosis is a superficial mycotic infection of the external auditory canal. Clinical presentation, along with otoscopic findings, sufficient to make diagnosis in most cases. Treatment includes aural cleaning followed by instillation anti-fungal ear drops. In recent years, there has been an increasing trend antifungal resistance for commonly used antifungals such as fluconazole and...

Aim. To present a case referred to our clinic with severe right ear pain but without any abnormal finding during otological examination and diagnosed as myocardial infarction and also to draw attention to otalgia which can occur secondary to myocardial infarction. Case Report. An 87-year-old female admitted with right ear pain lasting for nearly 12 hours and sweating on the head and neck region...

4-year retrospective study was performed in 152 children (279 ears) with secretory otitis media (SOM) in order to evaluate the long-term result with grommets. In 158 ears which were well controlled by grommets, the mean duration of treatment was 13.8 months. The tube was inserted once in 98 ears (62%), twice in 31 ears (20%), three times in 19 ears (12%) and four times or more in 10 (6%). Otosc...

Otalgia is ear pain. Ear disease causes primary otalgia. Secondary (referred) otalgia is referred to the ear from disease in structures remote from the ear. Otalgia, especially referred otalgia, can be a diagnostic challenge. The radiologic approach to a patient with otalgia relies on the physical examination. If the otoscopic findings are abnormal, the computed tomographic (CT) or magnetic res...

The contemporary forensic science more and more often makes use of lip, face and ear prints. So-called, forensic otoscopy deals with identification of humans based on ear impressions. This article presents results of 10-year Polish research project in that area. The study material encompassed 9000 ear impressions obtained from 1500 person (590 women and 910 men) aged from 15 to 60 years. From e...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the efficacy of hearing screening tools to identify hearing loss in the older adult population. The test-retest reliability of both the AuDX DPOAE hand-held screener and subjective otoscopic ratings of percent earwax accumulation were evaluated. Additionally, the predictive validity was investigated for five hearing screening tools: the DPOA...

We present the case of a 38-year-old male in treatment for morbid obesity for 6 years, who had lost 20 kg of weight in the previous 12 months and who attended consultation after being assessed by 3 other professionals. The patient had also undergone placement of a ventilation tube in the left ear due to a sensation described as auditory ‘‘vibration’’ and autophony in the left ear, with 1.5 year...