Australian First Nations children are at very high risk of early, recurrent, and persistent bacterial otitis media and respiratory tract infection. With the PREVIX randomised controlled trials, we aimed to evaluate the immunogenicity of novel pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) schedules. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• June 2022

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. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• March 2022

In remote communities of northern Australia, First Nations children with hearing loss are disproportionately at risk of poor school readiness and performance compared to their peers with no hearing loss. The aim of this trial is to prevent early childhood persisting otitis media (OM), associated hearing loss and developmental delay. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• December 2023

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a leading global cause of potentially preventable hearing loss in children and adults, associated with socioeconomic deprivation. There is an absence of consensus on the definition of CSOM, which complicates efforts for prevention, treatment, and monitoring. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2024
• April 2024

We examined the association between otitis media and educational attainment in a retrospective population cohort of Western Australian children who participated in the Grade 3 National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy in 2012. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• October 2021

To compare the asynchronous assessment of video otoscopic still images to recordings by an audiologist and ear, nose and throat surgeon (ENT) for diagnostic reliability and agreement in identifying middle-ear disease. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• October 2021

Our goal was to identify genetic risk factors for severe otitis media (OM) in Aboriginal Australians. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• November 2021

PCV10 did not reduce NTHi density in the nasopharynx or middle ear, and was associated with increased pneumococcal nasopharyngeal density ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• January 2019

To assess the effects of topical antiseptics for people with chronic suppurative otitis media ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• June 2018

To assess the effects of systemic antibiotics for people with chronic suppurative otitis media. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• June 2018

Elke Lea-Ann Ruth Peter Seppanen Kirkham Thornton Richmond ES LK RT PC BSc PhD PhD PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Program Manager Co-Head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group; Microbiology Lead, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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Recurrent acute otitis media (AOM), frequently caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, is a major paediatric health problem. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• February 2013