Which condition frequently results from chronic or recurrent bacterial otitis media extending into the bone and structures surrounding the middle ear?
a. acoustic neuroma c. Ménière's disease
b. mastoiditis d. otosclerosis
B
Otitis externa, also called "swimmer's ear," generally is a bacterial infection of the external ear canal. Mastoiditis, inflammation of the mastoid bone, is most often the result of chronic bacterial otitis media. Antibiotics are prescribed for both infections.
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