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Bulging ear drums and hearing loss: Aboriginal kids have the highest otitis media rates in the world

  • Written by Amanda Leach, Professor. Leader of the Ear Health Research Program (EHRP), Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research

This article is the final in our three-part series on blinding, deafening and sometimes deadly conditions in Indigenous Australian children that have little to no impact on their non-Indigenous counterparts. The previous articles looked at trachoma and rheumatic heart disease.

Aboriginal children have the highest rates of otitis media, a middle ear...

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