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Hearing loss in Australian First Nations children at 6-monthly assessments from age 12 to 36 months: Secondary outcomes from randomised controlled trials of novel pneumococcal conjugate vaccine schedulesIn Australian remote communities, First Nations children with otitis media (OM)-related hearing loss are disproportionately at risk of developmental delay and poor school performance, compared to those with normal hearing. Our objective was to compare OM-related hearing loss in children randomised to one of 2 pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) formulations.
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Fresh Science to target painful ear infectionsThe Kids's Dr Ruth Thornton is one of 12 finalists in the annual national Fresh Science competition with her research into middle-ear infections.
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Perth’s Aboriginal babies show first signs of ear disease at just eight weeksThe Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have found close to 40 per cent of Aboriginal babies begin to develop middle ear infections between two and four months of age in a first of its kind study in metropolitan Perth.
As Head of Aboriginal Research Development at Telethon Kids, Glenn Pearson believes his work brings us closer to identifying the real and whole Australian story
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Genetic and functional evidence for a role for SLC11A1 in susceptibility to otitis media in early childhood in a Western Australian populationOtitis media (OM) is a common disease in early childhood characterised by inflammation of the middle ear.
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Genome-Wide Association Study to Identify the Genetic Determinants of Otitis Media Susceptibility in ChildhoodWe identified several novel candidate genes which warrant further analysis in cohorts matched more precisely for clinical phenotypes.
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Are you listening? The inaugural OMOZ Workshop - towards a better understanding of otitis mediaAre you listening? The inaugural OMOZ Workshop - towards a better understanding of otitis media
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Early ear infections linked to higher risk of future problems: studyResearchers have found kids who experience repeat ear infections in infancy have a much higher risk of ongoing problems with ear infections in later childhood
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Community Conversation- Infectious Diseases in ChildrenConsumers and community members are invited to join us to provide input into our childhood infectious diseases research.
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Bacterial Reservoirs in the Middle Ear of Otitis-prone Children Are Associated With Repeat Ventilation Tube InsertionPresence of bacterial otopathogen in the middle ear during ventilation tube insertion was a predictor of children at-risk of repeat ventilation tube insertion