Hearing and ear status of Pacific children aged 11 years living in New Zealand: the Pacific Islands families hearing study.
Suzanne Carolyn PurdySteve TaylorPhilip J SchluterEl-Shadan TautoloLeon IusitiniZahoor AhmadGerhard SundbornJanis PatersonPublished in: International journal of audiology (2018)
Hearing loss, abnormal tympanograms, and auditory processing difficulties were present in many Pacific children. Interventions are also urgently needed to mitigate the effect of the longstanding ear disease likely to be present for many Pacific children.