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Researchers 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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Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk, Dr Andrew Currie and their Neonatal Infection and Immunity Team have become the newest members of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases.

To assess the degree to which timely audiological assessment of congenital hearing loss is achieved at our institution - Perth Children's Hospital, Western Australia, and to review cases which breached this timeframe in order to address barriers to timely assessment. The benchmark used to determine timely assessment is that set out by The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) in which diagnostic audiological testing occurs by three months of age for those who do not pass newborn hearing screening.

We identified several novel candidate genes which warrant further analysis in cohorts matched more precisely for clinical phenotypes.

Both bacteria and viruses play a role in the development of acute otitis media, however, the importance of specific viruses is unclear.

We investigated predictors of nasopharyngeal carriage in Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children.

Otitis media (OM) is among the most common illnesses of early childhood, characterised by the presence of inflammation in the middle ear cavity...

Are you listening? The inaugural OMOZ Workshop - towards a better understanding of otitis media