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Examination of Ear Drum by Smartphone photos

Effectiveness of Smartphone Images in Diagnosing Ear Disease

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/01/030858
Enrollment
200
Registered
2021-01-29
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: H720- Central perforation of tympanic membrane Health Condition 2: H711- Cholesteatoma of tympanum Health Condition 3: H652- Chronic serous otitis media Health Condition 4: H661- Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media Health Condition 5: H739- Unspecified disorder of tympanic membrane

Interventions

Intervention1: NIL: NIL

Sponsors

Dr Sneha
Lead Sponsor
Dr Neelima Gupta
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients presenting with ear complaints such as pain in the ear, discharging ear, itching in the ear associated with decreased hearing

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Congenital deformities of the ear Prior ear surgery Otitis externa Impacted wax obscuring visualization of Tympanic Membrane Foreign body in the ear Malignancy of ear

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Sensitivity and Specificity of digital images in diagnosis of ear diseasesTimepoint: 1 year(as will be evaluated at the end of study)—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
positive predictive value and negative predictive value for diagnostic accuracy of smartphone imagesTimepoint: 1 year (as will be evaluated at the end of study)—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSneha

University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital

write2drneelima@yahoo.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026