Chronic otitis media and hearing loss in the eskimo population of canada

• Published in: The Laryngoscope
• Main Author: Baxter, James D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1977
• Subjects: Otorhinolaryngology; Canada; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1288/00005537-197709000-00013; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1288%2F00005537-197709000-00013; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1288/00005537-197709000-00013

Abstract Chronic otitis media and hearing loss is a major health problem today in the Canadian Eskimo. The subject is reviewed and the findings of projects and a survey that have been carried out recently are discussed. A modality of treatment is proposed which is based upon the findings of the projects, the survey and other information that is available at the present time.