Prevalence and Co-Morbidities of Adult-Onset Otitis Media With Effusion.

Background: Adult-onset otitis media with effusion (AO-OME) is relatively difficult to characterize, because of its associated co-morbidities.

Objectives: To quantify the burden, assess co-existing diseases, and management of patients with AO-OME.

Design Of The Study: A descriptive observational prospective study.

Asymptomatic Otitis Media With Effusion in Children With Adenoid Enlargement.

Objectives: To estimate the burden, and clinical factors associated with development of Otitis media with effusion (OME) in children with enlarged adenoids.

Methods: Consecutive eligible patients with adenoid (sometimes with tonsillar) enlargement managed operatively in a period of five years. Patients had no complaints suggestive of hearing impairment.

Audiological characteristics of the contralateral ear in patients with unilateral physical non-explosive ear trauma.

Objectives: To document the frequency of occurrence and types of symptoms experienced in the contralateral ear in patients with unilateral physical non-explosive (UPN) ear trauma and to compare the audiometric and tympanometric parameters between asymptomatic and symptomatic contralateral ears.

Design: Prospective analytical clinical study Setting: Specialized (Ear, Nose, and Throat) clinic of a tertiary health institution. Participants: Patients with UPN ear trauma who presented within the first week of the incident.

Sub-clinical middle ear malfunctions in elderly patients; prevalence, pattern and predictors.

Background: Little is known about functioning of the middle ear with advancing age.

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence and describe tympanometric patterns of sub-clinical middle ear malfunctions,( S-MEM) in elderly patients. It also assessed clinical factors that could predict S-MEM.