caa a22 4500 445297824 CHVBK 20180317142547.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20101001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12070-010-0051-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12070-010-0051-3 Otitis Media with Effusion in Children and Its Correlation with Foreign Body in the External Auditory Canal [Elektronische Daten] [Saurav Sarkar, M. Sadhukhan, A. Roychoudhury, B. Roychaudhuri] Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) is difined as the chronic accumulation of mucus within the middle ear and sometimes the mastoid air cell system. Significant hearing loss may go unnoticed and may result in improper development of speech and language. Foreign bodies in the external auditory canal of paediatric patients are commonly encountered in day-to-day practice. The purpose was to see if there is any relation between foreign bodies in ears and otitis media with effusion. A prospective study of consecutive cases was conducted between August 2005 and August 2007 at a teaching hospital. All children presenting with the history of a foreign body in the external auditory canal were included in this study. 50/74 that is 67.8% of the children in the study group had abnormal findings in the tympanogram whereas only 28/74 that is 37.8% children from the control group had abnormal findings in tympanogram. This study indicates that significant eustachian tube dysfunction to frank OME, causes irritation and/or earache in children which may compel them to put things into the ear. So children with an external auditory foreign body must be followed up in an ENT clinic. This may be an early opportunity to diagnose an underlying undetected OME and/or eustachian tube dysfunction in children, preventing the development of any complication from the undetected OME. Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 2010 Otitis media with effusion nationallicence Foreign bodies in ear nationallicence Tympanogram nationallicence Sarkar Saurav Calcutta Medical College, 88 College Street, 700072, Calcutta, West Bengal, India aut Sadhukhan M. Calcutta Medical College, 88 College Street, 700072, Calcutta, West Bengal, India aut Roychoudhury A. Calcutta Medical College, 88 College Street, 700072, Calcutta, West Bengal, India aut Roychaudhuri B. Calcutta Medical College, 88 College Street, 700072, Calcutta, West Bengal, India aut Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Springer-Verlag 62/4(2010-10-01), 346-349 0019-5421 62:4<346 2010 62 12070 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-010-0051-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-010-0051-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sarkar Saurav Calcutta Medical College, 88 College Street, 700072, Calcutta, West Bengal, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sadhukhan M. Calcutta Medical College, 88 College Street, 700072, Calcutta, West Bengal, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roychoudhury A. Calcutta Medical College, 88 College Street, 700072, Calcutta, West Bengal, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roychaudhuri B. Calcutta Medical College, 88 College Street, 700072, Calcutta, West Bengal, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Springer-Verlag 62/4(2010-10-01), 346-349 0019-5421 62:4<346 2010 62 12070 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer