Barriers to access to ear and hearing care services in low-and middle-income countries: a sco** review

CJ Waterworth, M Marella, J O'Donovan… - Global Public …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
People living in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) meet significant challenges in
accessing ear and hearing care (EHC) services. We conducted a sco** review to identify …

Panel 1: Epidemiology, natural history, and risk factors

HJ Hoffman, KA Daly, KE Bainbridge… - … –Head and Neck …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background The First International Symposium on Recent Advances in Otitis Media (OM)
with Effusion was held in Columbus, Ohio, in 1975. The symposium has been organized in …

Risk factors for otitis media with effusion: Case–control study in Sicilian schoolchildren

F Martines, D Bentivegna, E Maira, V Sciacca… - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence and demographic, maternal and child risk factors for
otitis media with effusion (OME) in Sicilian schoolchildren and analyse the results with …

Risk factors for otitis media among preschool, rural Indian children

A Sophia, R Isaac, G Rebekah, K Brahmadathan… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To establish the role of various risk factors for otitis media among preschool,
rural Indian children. METHODS: A cross sectional study of 800 children was undertaken to …

Knowledge and care seeking practices for ear infections among parents of under five children in Kigali, Rwanda: a cross-sectional study

KB Mukara, P Waiswa, R Lilford, DL Tucci - BMC Ear, Nose and Throat …, 2017 - Springer
Background Infections affecting the middle ear are a common childhood occurrence. Some
cases may present with ear discharge through a tympanic membrane perforation which may …

Parental knowledge and attitudes to childhood hearing loss and hearing services in the Solomon Islands

A Kaspar, O Newton, J Kei, C Driscoll… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective An understanding of parental knowledge and attitudes towards childhood hearing
loss is essential to the successful implementation of audiology services. The present study …

Is chronic suppurative otitis media a neglected tropical disease?

MG Li, PJ Hotez, JT Vrabec… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The World Health Organization has identified chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) in an
expanded list of neglected conditions (beyond its list of 17 neglected tropical diseases). We …

[HTML][HTML] A study of knowledge, attitude and practices about otitis media in parents in Navi-Mumbai

YG Dabholkar, A Wadhwa, A Deshmukh - Journal of Otology, 2021 - Elsevier
Although otitis media poses a serious health risk in develo** countries, being a frequent
occurrence in children below five years of age, parental awareness and practices about …

Prevalence of middle ear infections and associated risk factors in children under 5 years in Gasabo District of Kigali City, Rwanda

KB Mukara, RJ Lilford, DL Tucci… - International journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Middle ear infections are common in children, and delay in diagnosis and treatment may
result in complications such as delays in speech and language development and deafness …

[HTML][HTML] Parental knowledge, attitudes and practices towards paediatric ear infections in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a quantitative study

MM Alharbi, MS Almasri, AY Aldayel… - Sultan Qaboos …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and care-seeking practices of
parents towards childhood ear infections in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Methods This quantitative …