Table 1.
Ear-related problems seen at the Out-patients Paediatric and Otorhinolaryngology Clinics and their frequencies
| Diagnosis | Children's Clinic Frequency (%) |
Otorhinolaryngology Clinic Frequency (%) |
Total (%) |
| CSOM* | 46 (37.8) | 29 (23.0) | 75 (30.2) |
| Acute otitis media | 59 (48.4) | 15 (11.9) | 74 (29.8) |
| Cerumen auris | 4 (3.3) | 25 (19.7) | 29 (11.7) |
| Otitis externa | 2 (1.6) | 23 (18.3) | 25 (10.1) |
| Hearing | |||
| impairment | 2 (1.6) | 16 (12.7) | 18 (7.3) |
| Foreign body | 6 (4.9) | 8 (6.4) | 14 (5.7) |
| Trauma | 2 (1.6) | 4 (3.2) | 6 (2.4) |
| Aural polyp | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1.6) | 3 (1.2) |
| Mastoid abscess | - | 2 (1.6) | 2 (0.80) |
| Otitis media with effusion |
- | 2 (1.6) | 2 (0.8) |
| Total | 122 (100.0) | 126 (100.0) | 248 (100.0) |
*
CSOM = Chronic suppurative otitis media