title: Secretory otitis media and its sequelae in children living in charitable institutions.
abstract: Children living in two Brazilian institutions were studied otologically and audiologically. Group I comprised 100 children (52 males and 48 females) ranging from 1 year to 2 years and 5 months of age. Group II comprised 50 male children ranging from 4 to 14 years of age. Secretory otitis media was found in 31% of the children (22% of the male population and 9% of the female population) of group I. Suppurative otitis media (17%), perforation of ear drum (2%) and retraction of the ear drum (34% with middle ear pressure more negative than -100 mmH2O) were found in group I. Secretory otitis media (15 subjects, 30% of population) and permanent tympanic perforation (3 cases, 6% of the population) were observed among children of group II. All children under investigation showed delay of speech and language development that could not be correlated to hearing loss.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Swenson
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Ribeirio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gattaz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002674:Child, Institutionalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors