Background: Acute otitis media (AOM) often occurs as a complication ... nonbulging (19%), mild bulging (45%), bulging (29%), and TM perforation occurred in (6%). OS-8 scale showed mild TM ...

Researchers embarking on clinical trials of antimicrobial treatment for acute otitis media (AOM ... At each examination, bulging was rated as slight, moderate, marked or absent in each ear.

Acute otitis media is caused by an infection behind the eardrum and normally causes earache, bulging of the eardrum and pus. With serious otitis media, or glue ear, fluid builds up behind the ...

"In contrast, in children with otitis media with effusion, no bulging of the tympanic membrane is present." The team then ...