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Cerumen Impaction in Patients with Schizophrenia
Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses, 2014Cerumen impaction may cause hearing loss and pain. We investigated the prevalence of cerumen impaction in a population of outpatients with schizophrenia spectrum psychoses and studied factors contributing to it. As a part of our study--"The Living Conditions and Physical Health of Outpatients with Schizophrenia"--we performed a thorough medical ...
Eskelinen, Saana +4 more
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Cerumen Impaction (Earwax), Canadian Guideline
, 2019 Jill C. Cash, Moya Cook
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The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society, 1998
Cerumen impaction represents the most common otologic problem encountered by physicians. It can affect up to 6% of the general population and a much higher percentage in the mentally retarded population. Cerumen is a mixture of secretory products of two glands in the external auditory canal where it serves a protective function.
M A, Jabor, R G, Amedee
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Cerumen impaction represents the most common otologic problem encountered by physicians. It can affect up to 6% of the general population and a much higher percentage in the mentally retarded population. Cerumen is a mixture of secretory products of two glands in the external auditory canal where it serves a protective function.
M A, Jabor, R G, Amedee
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Cerumen-impaction Management for Clients of All Ages
The Nurse Practitioner, 1993A cerumen plug in the external auditory canal can cause dizziness, pain, itching, ringing or decreased hearing. These symptoms are particularly distressing to elderly clients who may already have compromised hearing or be experiencing changes in functional ability.
R C, Zivic, S, King
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Hearing impairment in children with impacted cerumen
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics, 2003The aim of this study was to determine whether children in whom impacted cerumen had been removed were at greater risk of hearing impairment than those without a history of impacted cerumen. A retrospective study was conducted in 113 subjects and their pair-matched controls taken from a population of 359 randomly selected school entrants who received ...
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Update on Cerumen Impaction Management in Older Adults
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CERUMEN IMPACTION Prevalence and Detection in Nursing Homes
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 19931. Many people, including health care professionals, believe that hearing loss is a normal part of aging and that little can be done to improve older adults' hearing. If the staff and physicians believe that hearing loss among nursing home residents is expected due to advanced age, then the likelihood of further evaluation of hearing impairments is ...
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Postgraduate medicine, 1977
The external auditory canal is self-cleaning. Excessive cerumen accumulation usually results from misguided attempts to remove wax and may go unnoticed until a hearing loss occurs. Mechanical removal of the wax or use of a ceruminolytic agent to soften it is recommended--irrigation may contaminate the middle ear space.
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The external auditory canal is self-cleaning. Excessive cerumen accumulation usually results from misguided attempts to remove wax and may go unnoticed until a hearing loss occurs. Mechanical removal of the wax or use of a ceruminolytic agent to soften it is recommended--irrigation may contaminate the middle ear space.
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