Publications by authors named "Allison De La Lis"
Objective: To provide family physicians with a practical evidence-based approach to management of otitis externa.
Sources Of Information: The approach described is based on MEDLINE and PubMed literature published between 1993 and 2023.
Main Message: Otitis externa is diffuse inflammation of the external auditory canal and typically occurs from moisture exposure and trauma.
Introduction: Hearing loss (HL) is considered a potentially modifiable risk factor for dementia. We aimed to examine the relationship between HL and incident dementia diagnosis in a province-wide population-based cohort study with matched controls.
Methods: Administrative healthcare databases were linked to generate a cohort of patients who were aged ≥40 years at their first claimed hearing amplification devices (HAD) between April 2007 and March 2016 through the Assistive Devices Program (ADP) (257,285 with claims and 1,005,010 controls).