Resumen
Definición
Anamnesis y examen
Principales factores de diagnóstico
- presencia de factores de riesgo
- visualización del cerumen
- pérdida de la audición
- plenitud auricular
Factores de riesgo
- edad >50 o <5 años
- sexo masculino
- conducto auditivo externo estenótico
- síndrome de Down
- uso de bastoncillos de algodón
- uso de una prótesis auditiva
- vivir en una residencia de ancianos
Pruebas diagnósticas
Algoritmo de tratamiento
Colaboradores
Autores

Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Morgantown
WV
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SW declares that he has no competing interests.
Revisores por pares
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics
Division of Otolaryngology
Children's National Medical Center
Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology and Pediatrics
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Washington
DC
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RKS declares that he has no competing interests.
Director of Research
The Listen For Life Center At Virginia Mason
Otology/Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle
WA
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SRS is an author of a reference cited in this topic.
Consultant Otologist
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Gloucester
UK
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RY declares that he has no competing interests.
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