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Hearing impairment in children with impacted cerumen.
Ann Trop Paediatr. 2003 Jun; 23(2):121-8.AT

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine whether children in whom impacted cerumen had been removed were at greater risk of hearing impairment than those without a history of impacted cerumen. A retrospective study was conducted in 113 subjects and their pair-matched controls taken from a population of 359 randomly selected school entrants who received otoscopic, audiometric and tympanometric evaluations. It was found that children from whom impacted cerumen had been removed were more likely to have hearing loss (p = 0.0001), and of a more permanent nature (p = 0.002). They were also likely to have more otitis media with effusion (OME) (p = 0.045). Children with a history of impacted cerumen are therefore at greater risk of subsequent hearing problems and of a more permanent nature than those without, notwithstanding the removal of such impacted cerumen. The prevention of cerumen impaction should be of significant public health concern in the management of hearing impairment in children, especially where there is no routine and systematic screening for hearing disorders.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Olusanya BO
Institute of Child Health & Primary Care, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. boolusanya@aol.com

MeSH

Audiometry, Pure-ToneCerumenChildChild, PreschoolCurettageFemaleHearing LossHearing Loss, ConductiveHearing Loss, SensorineuralHumansMaleOtitis Media with EffusionRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexTympanic Membrane

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

12803741

Citation

Olusanya, B O.. "Hearing Impairment in Children With Impacted Cerumen." Annals of Tropical Paediatrics, vol. 23, no. 2, 2003, pp. 121-8.
Olusanya BO. Hearing impairment in children with impacted cerumen. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2003;23(2):121-8.
Olusanya, B. O. (2003). Hearing impairment in children with impacted cerumen. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics, 23(2), 121-8.
Olusanya BO. Hearing Impairment in Children With Impacted Cerumen. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2003;23(2):121-8. PubMed PMID: 12803741.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Hearing impairment in children with impacted cerumen. A1 - Olusanya,B O, PY - 2003/6/14/pubmed PY - 2003/7/8/medline PY - 2003/6/14/entrez SP - 121 EP - 8 JF - Annals of tropical paediatrics JO - Ann Trop Paediatr VL - 23 IS - 2 N2 - The aim of this study was to determine whether children in whom impacted cerumen had been removed were at greater risk of hearing impairment than those without a history of impacted cerumen. A retrospective study was conducted in 113 subjects and their pair-matched controls taken from a population of 359 randomly selected school entrants who received otoscopic, audiometric and tympanometric evaluations. It was found that children from whom impacted cerumen had been removed were more likely to have hearing loss (p = 0.0001), and of a more permanent nature (p = 0.002). They were also likely to have more otitis media with effusion (OME) (p = 0.045). Children with a history of impacted cerumen are therefore at greater risk of subsequent hearing problems and of a more permanent nature than those without, notwithstanding the removal of such impacted cerumen. The prevention of cerumen impaction should be of significant public health concern in the management of hearing impairment in children, especially where there is no routine and systematic screening for hearing disorders. SN - 0272-4936 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/12803741/Hearing_impairment_in_children_with_impacted_cerumen_ L2 - https://www.diseaseinfosearch.org/result/3253 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -