Which of these factors places infants at a greater risk of developing otitis media than adults?
a. horizontal position of eustachian tubes
b. immature immune systems
c. increased number of upper respiratory infections
d. no overt initial symptoms
A
The eustachian tubes, which allow for drainage from the middle ear to the nasopharynx, are shorter, wider, and more horizonal in infants than in adults.
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