title: [Current potential of otorhinolaryngology for diagnostics of hearing impairment in breastfeeding and young children presenting with otitis media].
abstract: Acute otitis media (AOM) is one on the most common diseases in the young children. From 21 to 62% of the infants experience AOM within the first year of life; the number of such patients amounts to 71-74% by the age of 3 years. Modern approaches to diagnostics of the loss of hearing in breastfeeding and young children as a result of acute otitis media. The authors emphasize the importance of early diagnostics of acoustical disturbances resulting from otitis media and discuss the methods for their therapy and rehabilitative treatment aimed at reducing the adverse effects of hearing impairment on the speech development and intellectual abilities of the children.
mesh_terms: D000158:Acoustic Impedance Tests; D000208:Acute Disease; D001942:Breast Feeding; D004724:Endoscopy; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis