OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between symptoms suggestive of otitis media with
effusion (OME), rhinitis and asthma in an unselected population of primary school children …

Research to identify whether dizziness is a geriatric syndrome has largely overlooked often
treatable vestibular causes. To ascertain the degree to which vestibular and other causes of …

A short questionnaire to test understanding of the principles of nutrition was designed and
administered to 128 patients in a general medical ward. The questionnaire was based on …

MADAM, The development of post-infective erythema multiforme—with a strikingly similar
distribution of the skin lesions, in a mother and her daughter, raised the possibility of a genetic …

BPPV is a benign inner ear condition. It is generally sudden in onset with paroxysmal and
positional symptoms triggered by head position. The main symptom is vertigo having the …

To understand the effect of a damaging noise on the ear, it is helpful to have a basic knowledge
of the hearing process, particularly what happens in the inner ear. The ear is composed …

… Vestibular impairment in older people frequently contributes to dizziness as part of a
geriatric syndrome David J Ahearn and Dolores Umapathy 31 …

… Dolores Umapathy, Glenis K. Scadding …

Acute respiratory failure is a recognised complication of kyphoscoliosis, but such individuals
exhibit a wide range of cardiorespiratory dysfunction ranging from clinically insignificant …

Loud sounds, loud music and noise have become an integral part of modern-day society.
Seeping into every aspect of our everyday life, noise is one of the most important …