| Impaired binaural hearing in children produced by a threshold level of middle ear disease. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 12943367 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Otitis media with effusion (OME), a form of middle ear disease, is the most common reason for young children both to visit their family doctor and to have surgery. Almost all children have at least a single episode of OME before their first birthday and annual incidence rates exceed 50% in each of the first five years. For most children, OME occurs infrequently, but about 10-15% of children have OME during more than half of their first six years. Middle ear effusions attenuate and delay sound, causing conductive sound distortion during the crucial years for language acquisition. The many studies of OME effects on language and other indices of development have produced mixed results. However, a consensus is emerging of mild language impairment in the preschool years, with subsequent performance, emotional, and behavioral difficulties. In addition to the peripheral hearing loss produced directly by the disease, binaural and other central auditory deficits can outlive the OME. It has been unclear which children are at risk of central impairment following OME, since the children studied have generally been recruited from otolaryngology clinics. Consequently, a detailed prospective history of the middle ear status of participants has not been available. By studying six-year-old children with a lifetime known history of OME, we show in this study that only those children with a cumulative OME experience of more than about half the time during the first five years consistently have residual impaired binaural hearing. |
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Authors:
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Sarah C M Hogan; David R Moore |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO Volume: 4 ISSN: 1525-3961 ISO Abbreviation: J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Publication Date: 2003 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-08-28 Completed Date: 2004-02-12 Revised Date: 2013-06-09 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100892857 Medline TA: J Assoc Res Otolaryngol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 123-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PT, United Kingdom. |
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Audiometry
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methods Child Differential Threshold Hearing Loss / diagnosis, etiology* Humans Noise Otitis Media with Effusion / complications* Perceptual Masking Video Games |
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