Otitis media is the second highest cause of morbidity among AlaskaNatives. This and other reports of unusually high rates of hearing deficiency have stimulated a series of projects to investigate the natural history and epidemiologic concepts of middle ear disease. In a pilot study which compared the retrospective history of draining ears and the prevalence of hearing deficiency among Eskimo, Aleut, and Caucasian children in Alaska, Eskimochildren had the greatest prevalence of pathology. The present study correlates episodes of otorrhea and hearing deficiency in acohort of Eskimo children who have been followed since their birth.
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Alaska Medical Library - From: Fortuine, Robert et al. 1993. The Health of the Inuit of North America: A Bibliography from the Earliest Times through 1990. University of Alaska Anchorage. Citation number 2447.
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