Journal article
Does Otitis Media in Early Childhood Affect Reading Performance in Later School Years?
Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, v 134(6), pp 936-939
Jun 2006
PMID: 16730533
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate reading performance in children with recurrent otitis media during childhood once middle-ear diseases have resolved and the children grew older.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Seventy-five children with middle-ear problems during childhood and poor reading performance in first grades and 60 healthy controls free of middle ear diseases were enrolled in the study. All children underwent an otologic and audiologic evaluation followed by reading tests.
RESULTS: Reading performance was not affected once otitis media had been cured and hearing restored; reading scores of the healed children were almost the same as those of the otitis-free children (3.39% and 3.1%, respectively). Children who still suffer from middle-ear problems and hearing loss had an average percentage of reading mistakes of 7.3%.
CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE: Once children are cured from their middle-ear diseases and hearing is restored, previously noted reading impairments are no longer evident. Reading is still impaired among children who continue to suffer from middle-ear problems and hearing loss even when they grow older.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- Does Otitis Media in Early Childhood Affect Reading Performance in Later School Years?
- Creators
- Avishay Golz - Rappaport Faculty of MedicineS. Thomas WestermanLiane M. Westerman - Westerman Research Associates Inc, Shrewsbury, NJ.David A. Gilbert - Westerman Research Associates Inc, Shrewsbury, NJ.Aviram Netzer - Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
- Publication Details
- Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, v 134(6), pp 936-939
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Otolaryngology (and Head and Neck Surgery)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000238231900008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33646763872
- Other Identifier
- 991019167753904721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Surgery