DOI: 10.36106/gjra/7900237 ISSN:
A STUDY ON MANAGEMENT OF OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION AND ITS EFFECT ON HEARING OUTCOME
Sarmistha De, Digvijay Singh- General Medicine
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- General Environmental Science
- General Medicine
- Ocean Engineering
- General Medicine
- General Medicine
- General Medicine
- General Medicine
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- General Environmental Science
- General Medicine
Otitis media with effusion is one of the leading cause of deafness in children under 12 year of age. It impact speech and social development of child. Recurrent cough, cold and Adenoid enlargement is the main feature. We did a prospective study to assess the hearing improvement pre and post surgery in 118 children. They are categorized in 4 groups as per surgical intervention. Hearing assessed 6 week, 3 month and 6 month post treatment. Hearing improvement noted at repeated follow up. OME need immediate attention for the treatment. In this study an effort is made to study the role of treatment approaches and hearing outcome in the course of OME.