Subjective tinnitus in children with otological disorders.
Children attending ENT and audiology clinics and a further group interviewed in the partially hearing units of their schools have been questioned about tinnitus. A total of 79 children reported tinnitus during the course of the study. A wide variety of descriptions were given. Only 10 of the subjects found the symptom annoying. Only 17 of them could say when their tinnitus began. Of a group of 66 children with secretory otitis media, 43.9% reported tinnitus, while amongst 44 children with sensorineural hearing loss the incidence was 29.5%. Tinnitus is a common phenomenon in children with ear disease, but it is seldom reported spontaneously.
D000293:Adolescent; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000175:diagnosis; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology*