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Otitis Learning Center

Mastoiditis is an infection of the mastoid bone of the skull. The mastoid is located just behind the outside ear.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 10, 2008
Mastoiditis is a bacterial infection of the air cells in the mastoid bone of the skull. Mastoiditis most commonly affects children. Before the use of antibiotics , mastoiditis was one of the leading causes of death in children. As of the early 200...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Mastoiditis is an infection of the spaces within the mastoid bone. It is almost always associated with otitis media , an infection of the middle ear. In the most serious cases, the bone itself becomes infected.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Dysphagia is a disorder of swallowing.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Hearing loss is the total or partial inability to hear sound in one or both ears. See also: Hearing loss of aging
Source:ADAM
Date:April 13, 2009
Hearing loss is any degree of impairment of the ability to comprehend sound.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Hearing loss is any degree of impairment of the ability to apprehend sound.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Hearing loss is any degree of impairment of the ability to apprehend sound.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Cholesteatoma is a type of skin cyst located in the middle ear.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 15, 2008
Hoarseness is having difficulty producing sound when trying to speak, or a change in the pitch or quality of the voice. The voice may sound weak, very breathy, scratchy, or husky.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 10, 2008
A voice disorder is an abnormality of one or more of the three characteristics of voice: pitch, intensity (loudness), and quality (resonance).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
An epidural abscess is q collection of pus (infected material) between the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord and the bones of the skull or spine. The abscess causes swelling in the area.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 28, 2008
Facial paralysis is the total loss of voluntary muscle movement of one side of the face.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 1, 2009
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