Non-chewing diets and cerumen impaction in the external ear canal in a residential aged care population.

Hannah MorleyVanessa PanakWilhelmina Henrica Antonia Maria MuldersHelen GouliosAngelita MartiniClaire Langdon

Published in: Australasian journal on ageing (2019)

Diets involving reduced chewing are not associated with increased cerumen in older people in residential care. The prevalence of cerumen impaction is high in this population, and improved cerumen screening and management is needed in residential aged care.

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