Journal article
Reading performance in children with otitis media
Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, v 132(3), pp 495-499
Mar 2005
PMID: 15746869
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To examine whether middle ear diseases and the associated hearing loss in early childhood affect reading performance later at school.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING
One hundred and sixty children, 6.5 to 8 years of age, were enrolled in this study: 80 children with a history of recurrent infections and/or prolonged periods of effusions of the middle ear before the age of 5 years, and 80 healthy children without any history of middle ear disease. Data were collected from the medical records of the children. Every child underwent a complete otological and audiological evaluation, followed by special reading tests.
RESULTS
The study group performed more poorly, in all reading tests, as compared to the controls (
P
< 0.001).
CONCLUSION
Children with recurrent or prolonged middle ear diseases during the first five years of life tend to be at greater risk for delayed reading than aged‐matched controls with no previous middle ear diseases.
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Details
- Title
- Reading performance in children with otitis media
- Creators
- Avishay Golz - Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyAviram Netzer - Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyS. Thomas Westerman - Westerman Research Associates Inc. Shrewsbury NJLiane M. Westerman - Westerman Research Associates Inc. Shrewsbury NJDavid A. Gilbert - Westerman Research Associates Inc. Shrewsbury NJHenry Z. Joachims - Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyDavid Goldenberg - Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- Publication Details
- Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, v 132(3), pp 495-499
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 5
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Otolaryngology (and Head and Neck Surgery)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000227515700027
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-14744275686
- Other Identifier
- 991021960795504721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Surgery