The increased risk for autosomal recessive disorders is one of the most well-known medical implications of consanguinity. In the Sultanate of Oman, a country characterized by one of the highest rates of consanguineous marriages worldwide, prevalence of genetic hearing loss (GHL) is estimated to be 6/10 000. Families of GHL patients have higher consanguinity rates than the general Omani population, indicating a major role for recessive forms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The objective of this study was to investigate hearing health practices and beliefs among people over 20 years old in the Omani population.
Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Oman during 2007-2008. Arabic speaking health staff interviewed a total of 598 selected people from urban and rural Oman and also industrial workers using a closed ended questionnaire with 15 questions.
This study was based on a national retrospective analysis of 1400 questionnaires on the causes of deafness in Omani children, collected from 1986 to 2000. It was found that 70% of the deaf children were from parents of consanguineous marriages, and 30% from non-consanguineous unions. In those with consanguineous families 70.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the safety of adult tonsillectomy as a day care surgery
Methods: Records of 664 patients above the age of 12 years, who underwent tonsillectomy were analysed. These patients were operated in our department within January 1999 and September 2002. Only 13 patients (1.
Ear Nose Throat J
May 2007
This report on unilateral hearing loss is based on the findings of a national survey on hearing loss and blindness in Oman. The survey of randomly selected households was conducted by trained healthcare personnel between Oct. 1, 1996, and Feb.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Wax in ear canal causes a sizeable burden on resources of health services to a country.
Aim: The magnitude of impacted wax, its effect in a survey and cost of managing this problem were reviewed in 2002.
Settings And Designs: A study was conducted during 1996 to estimate the magnitude and causes of hearing impairment and ear diseases in Oman.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
January 2006
This is a prospective, non-randomized study to evaluate and compare the results, morbidity and surgical time for endonasal carbon-dioxide laser assisted dacryocystorhinostomy and external dacryocystorhinostomy. 70 consecutive patients of chronic dacryocystitis with nasolacrimal duct obstruction were selected for the study. 36 patients under went endonasal CO2 laser assisted dacryocystorhinostomy and 34 had external dacryocystorhinostomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOtolaryngol Head Neck Surg
July 2005
Objective: We sought to document the diagnostic and management difficulties in masked skull base osteomyelitis secondary to malignant otitis externa, with emphasis on establishing diagnostic criteria in recurrence.
Study Design: Retrospective analysis of 3 cases of inadequately treated malignant otitis externa in elderly diabetic individuals leading to recurrence and atypical manifestations of skull base osteomyelitis on contralateral side with or without multiple cranial nerve involvement.
Results: Two of the 3 cases died of the disease despite aggressive treatment.
A community-based nationwide survey for hearing loss was conducted in Oman in 1996-97. Audiometric tests and ear examinations were conducted for 12,400 persons in phase I. For children aged less than 4 years, subjective screening tests were used.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The goal of the present study was to find out if recurrence can be predicted in cases of allergic fungal sinusitis. We also studied the influence of postoperative corticosteroid therapy on recurrence following surgery.
Study Design And Setting: This study was conducted at the ENT Department of Al Nahdha Hospital, which is a tertiary referral and teaching hospital in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
October 2004
The study includes a retrospective analysis of causes of deafness in 1400 Omani children who were detected to be suffering from severe to profound levels of hearing impairment. A standard form was used to collect various details from the otolaryngologists all over the country. The time period included is from 1986 to 2000.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA survey to estimate the magnitude and causes of blindness and hearing loss was undertaken in Oman in 1996-97. An analysis correlating blindness with hearing loss is presented. Twenty-eight subjects among 11,400 examined had double disability, with a prevalence rate of 2.
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