Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic health conditions and has important
implications for the patient’s quality of life. However, hearing loss is substantially underestimated …

Objectives To study exposure to noise, the attitudes and knowledge towards noise-induced
hearing loss and the actual use of hearing protection in a steel rolling mill in Nigeria. …

Background: To investigate the case incidence, causes, clinical profile, and outcome of facial
nerve palsy complicating head trauma. Method: A 10-year (1991–2000) retrospective study …

Foreign bodies in the ear are relatively common in emergency medicine. However, attempts
at removal made outside the healthcare setting by untrained persons can result in …

PURPOSE OF STUDY: Advances in medicine resulting in better understanding of sickle cell
disease and general improvement of the well-being of the sufferers even in the developing …

Background. Little information is available about the pattern of ear diseases in the elderly
population. Therefore, the present study aims to determine the pattern of ear diseases among …

… Two other sections of the document—D and E—contained information on otoscopic findings
… Ologe FE, Nwawolo CC. Prevalence of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) among …

Objectives To determine the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in our study population and the
correlation between the Score for Allergic Rhinitis (SFAR) and nasal smear eosinophil count. …

OBJECTIVE:: Consequent on our previous observations [FE Ologe, EO Okoro, Type 2 diabetes
and hearing loss in black Africans, Diabetic Med. (in press).], we investigated whether …

Objectives To determine the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in allergic rhinitis patients
as well as identify contributory factors to patient's well-being. Methods Cross-sectional study …