A newly published study confirmed that children in the Bering Strait region from households without running water are much more likely to get middle-ear infections. Via AlaskaBeacon
Plastic buckets used for human waste, known as honeybuckets, await pickup outside a home in Teller on Sept. 2, 2021. Teller is one of the Bering Strait villages lacking piped water service or flush toilets; residents use plastic-bag-lined buckets for toilets, with the contents collected for disposal by a city crew. Children in homes without running water are at much higher risks of developing middle-ear infections, research shows.
The study, published in the journal Ear and Hearing, is part of a Norton Sound Health Corp.-supported program to address high rates of ear infections and the hearing loss that can result from them. Ultimately, the research should help health providers improve hearing screenings for children in the region, said co-author Samantha Kleindienst Robler, an audiologist at Norton Sound Health Corp. who is also an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Though the study found a strong link between lack of running water and ear infections, that link did not extend to children’s hearing loss. Nor did the study find a link between other known risk factors, housing crowding and indoor smoke.
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