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The present study was carried out to find out prevalence of secretory otitis media in 200 school going children between the age group of 5–7 years by impedance audiometry besides clinical evaluation. 100 children were taken from two different schools catering to higher and lower socioeconomic strata of society. The overall prevalence of secretory otitis media came out to be 20.75%. It was 28.5% in lower socioeconomic group and, 13% in the other group. This high prevalence warrants routine screening for secretory otitis media. Further impedance audiometry was found to be very good method of screening secretory otitis media.
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Yadav, S.P.S., Saxena, S., Sharma, H. et al. Secretory otitis media: A school health survey. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 58, 250–252 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050832
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