<18 years | > 18 years | |||
Ear conditions | Total number of ears | % | Total number of ears | % |
Wax | 89 | 9.2 | 122 | 16.2 |
Foreign body | 8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.1 |
Otitis externa | 3 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.1 |
Acute otitis media | 23 | 2.4 | 11 | 1.5 |
Chronic suppurative otitis media | 165 | 17.0 | 110 | 14.6 |
Otitis media with effusion | 36 | 3.7 | 45 | 6.0 |
Dry perforation | 5 | 0.5 | 14 | 1.9 |
Infectious diseases | 22 | 2.3 | 8 | 1.1 |
Genetic diseases | 8 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.4 |
Non-infectious diseases | 4 | 0.4 | 22 | 2.9 |
Undetermined causes | 124 | 12.8 | 250 | 33.2 |
Not tested | 36 | 3.7 | 2 | 0.3 |
Normal ear and hearing | 445 | 46.0 | 163 | 21.7 |
Total | 968 | 100.0 | 752 | 100.0 |