ArticleEar and hearing
Childhood Otitis Media: A Cohort Study With 30-Year Follow-Up of Hearing (The HUNT Study).
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- The effectiveness and safety of combining platelet-rich plasma with cartilage tympanoplasty type 1 to treat tympanic membrane perforations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Chronic Otitis Media in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Ototoxicity of a Single Fulminant Episode of Acute Otitis Media in Children: A Long-Term Follow-Up.Audiology research · 2026Article
- Steroids for the Prevention of Sensorineural Hearing Loss Secondary to Acute Otitis Media: A Systematic Review.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2026Review
- High rates of suppurative otitis media among children attending urban clinics in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Fat Graft Myringoplasty Combined With Platelet-Rich Plasma for Managing Chronic Tympanic Membrane Perforations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical and experimental otorhinolaryngology · 2026Article
- Incidence of Recurrent Otitis Media With Effusion (OME) Following Tympanostomy in Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review and Cumulative Meta-Analysis.International journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Hearing and early life adversity: effects of developmental stress on sensory processing.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
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- Optimization of surgical interventions in auditory rehabilitation for chronic otitis media: comparative between passive middle ear implants, bone conduction implants, and active middle ear systems.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Article
- Numerical analysis of the effect of middle-ear effusion on the sound transmission and energy absorbance of the human ear.Journal of otology · 2025Article
- Quality of life improvement in children with otitis media with effusion post ventilation tube insertion: A prospective cohort study.Saudi medical journal · 2025Article
- The Long-Term Effect of Childhood Otitis Media on Speech-in-Noise Testing at Ages 9 and 13.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national epidemiology of otitis media in children from 1990 to 2021.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Risk of hearing loss in the opposite ear after tympanomastoidectomy.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
- Model-Projected Cost-Effectiveness of Adult Hearing Screening in the USA.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Article
- Estimated Monetary Value of Future Research Clarifying Uncertainties Around the Optimal Adult Hearing Screening Schedule.JAMA health forum · 2022Article
- Prognostic factors of hearing outcome in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media following tympanoplasty: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- An Overview of the Tympanostomy Tube.Cureus · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo study the extent to which otitis media (OM) in childhood is associated with adult hearing thresholds. Furthermore, to study whether the effects of OM on adult hearing thresholds are moderated by age or noise exposure.
designPopulation-based cohort study of 32,786 participants who had their hearing tested by pure-tone audiometry in primary school and again at ages ranging from 20 to 56 years. Three thousand sixty-six children were diagnosed with hearing loss; the remaining sample had normal childhood hearing.
resultsCompared with participants with normal childhood hearing, those diagnosed with childhood hearing loss caused by otitis media with effusion (n = 1255), chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM; n = 108), or hearing loss after recurrent acute otitis media (rAOM; n = 613) had significantly increased adult hearing thresholds in the whole frequency range (2 dB/17-20 dB/7-10 dB, respectively). The effects were adjusted for age, sex, and noise exposure. Children diagnosed with hearing loss after rAOM had somewhat improved hearing thresholds as adults. The effects of CSOM and hearing loss after rAOM on adult hearing thresholds were larger in participants tested in middle adulthood (ages 40 to 56 years) than in those tested in young adulthood (ages 20 to 40 years). Eardrum pathology added a marginally increased risk of adult hearing loss (1-3 dB) in children with otitis media with effusion or hearing loss after rAOM. The study could not reveal significant differences in the effect of self-reported noise exposure on adult hearing thresholds between the groups with OM and the group with normal childhood hearing.
conclusionsThis cohort study indicates that CSOM and rAOM in childhood are associated with adult hearing loss, underlining the importance of optimal treatment in these conditions. It appears that ears with a subsequent hearing loss after OM in childhood age at a faster rate than those without; however this should be confirmed by studies with several follow-up tests through adulthood.
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