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Prevalence of eardrum pathology in a cohort born in 1955

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S.-E. Stangerup ,
S. Schwer ,
K. Pedersen ,
S. Brofeldt  and
M. Niebuhr
S.-E. Stangerup*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Hillerød Central Hospital, Denmark.
S. Schwer
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Hillerød Central Hospital, Denmark.
K. Pedersen
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Hillerød Central Hospital, Denmark.
S. Brofeldt
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Hillerød Central Hospital, Denmark.
M. Niebuhr
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Hillerød Central Hospital, Denmark.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Sven-Eric Stangerup, ENT Department, Gentofte University Hospital, Niels Andersens vej 65 DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark.
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of the different types of eardrum pathology in a cohort of adults not previously treated by grommet insertion with corresponding findings obtained in a cohort previously treated with grommet insertion.

A cohort born in 1955 were invited to a screening examination including otomicroscopy. In the untreated cohort, retraction of Shrapnell's membrane was found in four per cent of the ears compared to 20 per cent in the cohort treated with grommets. Tensa pathology, including atrophy and myringosclerosis, was found in six per cent of the ears in the untreated cohort and in 17 per cent in the treated cohort. Normal eardrums were found in 91 per cent of the ears. Despite the increased awareness of secretory otitis, as well as the increased rate of surgical treatment, the prevalence of eardrum pathology seems to be increasing. The reasons for this are discussed.

Keywords

Otitis media with effusionCohort studiesVentilation tubesTympanic membrane
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 4 , April 1995 , pp. 281 - 285
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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Footnotes

Supported by The Danish National Health Science Research Council.

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