Taste Changes in Acute Otitis Media

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Acute Otitis Media

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Electrogustometery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03315156

TASMC-17-AD-0311-17-TLV-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Detection of taste changes in Acute Otitis Media (AOM) patients.

Full description

Methods:

Taste assessment will be done using Electrogustometer (EGM). Tongue stimulation will be performed using low currents of up to 100uA. Using the protocol as specified in the EGM user manual.

Population: 40 Unilateral AOM patients, aged 8-40. Without chronic otitis media, pregnancy or impaired judgement.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Unilateral AOM

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic Otitis Media
• Pregnancy
• Patients with lack of judgment

Trial design

40 participants in 1 patient group

Patients

Description:

patients with AOM

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Electrogustometery