The Natural History of Chronic Otitis Media

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To the Editor: Australian Aboriginal people have a very high prevalence of chronic ear disease.1 Although this condition rarely leads to surgical complications,2 , 3 we have studied it because of the effects of poor hearing on education.4 A survey was undertaken at the settlement of Woorabinda in central Queensland, Australia, to determine the prevalence of the disease in the community. The settlement had a population of 450. They all lived in wooden houses with electricity and piped water. There was a government school for children 5 through 14 years of age. A team comprising an otolaryngologist, an audiologist, and a . . .