Otitis media with effusion: a disability or not? |
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Authors: | AF Dingle SA Raza JJ Phillipps |
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Affiliation: | Department of Otolaryngology, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UK. |
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Abstract: | Otitis media with effusion (OME) is a disease most commonly affecting the paediatric population. However, it is a condition that is also seen in adults and does lead to significant morbidity. We studied the effect of surgical treatment of OME in an adult population and found that the subjective relief of symptoms exceeded the objective audiometric gain. In children where subjective symptoms are perhaps more difficult to assess the clinician needs to beware of underestimating the effect of a hearing loss. |
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