Absent otoacoustic emissions predict otitis media in young Aboriginal children: A birth cohort study in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in an arid zone of Western Australia

Table 3 Clinical diagnosis by ENT specialists at routine follow-up.

Middle ear diagnosis	Aboriginal*		Non-Aboriginal*
	N	%	N	%
Normal	49	26.6	225	57.4
Eustachian tube dysfunction	17	9.2	37	9.4
Otitis media with effusion	82	44.6	91	23.2
Acute otitis media (AOM)	4	2.2	9	2.3
AOM with TM perforation	9	4.9	2	.5
TM perforation ± discharge**	6	3.3	-	-
Other	2	1.1	3	.8
Unknown	15	8.2	25	6.4
Total	184	100.0	392	100.0

* 11% and 8% of diagnoses in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children, respectively, were based on successful examination of one ear only.
** 2 had dry TM perforation

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