Nelson S M, Berry R I
Laryngoscope. 1984 Mar;94(3):316-23. doi: 10.1288/00005537-198403000-00005.
A team of trained technicians in a specially equipped mobile van conducted a mass screening effort on the Navajo Reservation from 1978 to 1980 to detect and refer individuals with ear disease and hearing loss; 15,890 school children were examined. The prevalence data and correlations of hearing level with ear disease are presented: 4.0% of the children had TM perforations, 2.3% middle ear effusions, 1.9% TM atelectasis, and 0.4% had sensorineural hearing loss. Microtia was found in 1:935, with a cluster on the Western one-fourth of the reservation. Cholesteatoma was rare. The patterns of ear disease are contrasted with other groups.
1978年至1980年，一组训练有素的技术人员在一辆装备特殊的移动面包车上，对纳瓦霍保留地进行了大规模筛查，以检测并转诊患有耳部疾病和听力损失的个体；共检查了15,890名学童。文中呈现了患病率数据以及听力水平与耳部疾病的相关性：4.0%的儿童有鼓膜穿孔，2.3%有中耳积液，1.9%有鼓膜萎缩，0.4%有感音神经性听力损失。小耳畸形的发生率为1:935，在保留地西部四分之一区域有聚集现象。胆脂瘤罕见。文中将耳部疾病模式与其他群体进行了对比。
