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The introduction of universal newborn hearing screening has allowed for early identification and diagnosis of children with severe-profound hearing loss. This study aims to provide the first Western Australian perspective on the surgical feasibility and safety of cochlear implantation before 12 months of age.
Our goal was to identify genetic risk factors for severe otitis media (OM) in Aboriginal Australians.
We have demonstrated that a single dose of a closely related commensal can delay onset of NTHi otitis media in vivo
The most urgent areas appear to be to continue monitoring the emergence of novel otopathogens, and the need to develop prevention and preventative therapies
We identified several novel candidate genes which warrant further analysis in cohorts matched more precisely for clinical phenotypes.
Otitis media (OM) is a common disease in early childhood characterised by inflammation of the middle ear.
Otitis media (OM) starts within weeks of birth in almost all Indigenous infants living in remote areas of the Northern Territory (NT).
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
This study was the first to concurrently identify middle ear pathogens in both bacterial biofilm and intracellularly in the middle ear mucosa of children and to identify extensive DNA stranding in the MEF from children with AOM
Identified dominant PCR-ribotypes common to geographically disparate Australian paediatric populations