Childhood otitis media is associated with dizziness in adulthood: the HUNT cohort study

The objective of the study was to examine the association between otitis media in childhood and dizziness in adulthood. Longitudinal, population-based cohort study of 21,962 adults (aged 20–59 years, mean 40) who completed a health questionnaire in the Nord-Trøndelag Hearing Loss Study was conducted...

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Published in:European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology 2016-08, Vol.273 (8), p.2047-2054
Main Authors: Aarhus, Lisa, Tambs, Kristian, Hoffman, Howard J., Engdahl, Bo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Audiometry - methods
Child
Chronic Disease
Cohort Studies
Dizziness - etiology
Dizziness - physiopathology
Dizziness - prevention & control
Early Medical Intervention - methods
Female
Head and Neck Surgery
Hearing Loss - diagnosis
Hearing Loss - etiology
Hearing Loss - physiopathology
Hearing Loss - prevention & control
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Neurosurgery
Norway
Otitis Media, Suppurative - complications
Otitis Media, Suppurative - diagnosis
Otitis Media, Suppurative - physiopathology
Otitis Media, Suppurative - therapy
Otology
Otorhinolaryngology
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:The objective of the study was to examine the association between otitis media in childhood and dizziness in adulthood. Longitudinal, population-based cohort study of 21,962 adults (aged 20–59 years, mean 40) who completed a health questionnaire in the Nord-Trøndelag Hearing Loss Study was conducted. At 7, 10 and 13 years of age, the same individuals underwent screening audiometry in a longitudinal school hearing investigation. Children found with hearing loss underwent an ear, nose and throat specialist examination. Adults diagnosed with childhood chronic suppurative otitis media ( n  = 102) and childhood hearing loss after recurrent acute otitis media ( n  = 590) were significantly more likely to have increased risk of reported dizziness when compared to adults with normal hearing as children at the school investigation and also a negative history of recurrent otitis media ( n  = 21,270), p  
ISSN:0937-4477
1434-4726
DOI:10.1007/s00405-015-3764-9