A quantitative and qualitative assessment of verbal short-term memory and phonological processing in 8-year-olds with a history of repetitive otitis media

Majerus, Steve; Amand, Pierre; Boniver, Vincent; Demanez, J.-P.; Demanez, L; Linden, Martial Van der

doi:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2005.04.002

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“…Among those mechanisms, increased proliferation of lymphadenoid tissues in the upper airways appears to be the most logical process, considering the prominent role of enlarged adenoids in increased upper airway resistance as well as in the pathophysiology of eustachian tube dysfunction. Based on our findings, it could be important to screen for HS among all children with ROM, particularly when considering the neurobehavioral implications of HS and ROM (2,(41)(42)(43)(44).…”

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Prevalence of recurrent otitis media in habitually snoring school-aged children

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Prevalence of recurrent otitis media in habitually snoring school-aged children

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“…With regard to hearing, although there is some suggestion that there may be an impact on some subtle language skills (e.g., aspects of phonological processing or verbal working memory; Majerus et al, 2005 ; Nittrouer & Burton, 2005 ), a strong body of evidence suggests that the impact of otitis media and associated hearing loss on the development of speech and language is negligible ( Paradise et al, 2005 , 2007 ; Roberts, Hunter, et al, 2004 ; Roberts, Rosenfeld, & Zeisel, 2004 ). The contrast in these findings may relate to the differences in when the measures were taken.…”

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Prevalence and Predictors of Persistent Speech Sound Disorder at Eight Years Old: Findings From a Population Cohort Study

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Miller

Peters

et al. 2016

J Speech Lang Hear Res

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PurposeThe purpose of this study was to determine prevalence and predictors of persistent speech sound disorder (SSD) in children aged 8 years after disregarding children presenting solely with common clinical distortions (i.e., residual errors).MethodData from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (Boyd et al., 2012) were used. Children were classified as having persistent SSD on the basis of percentage of consonants correct measures from connected speech samples. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify predictors.ResultsThe estimated prevalence of persistent SSD was 3.6%. Children with persistent SSD were more likely to be boys and from families who were not homeowners. Early childhood predictors identified as important were weak sucking at 4 weeks, not often combining words at 24 months, limited use of word morphology at 38 months, and being unintelligible to strangers at age 38 months. School-age predictors identified as important were maternal report of difficulty pronouncing certain sounds and hearing impairment at age 7 years, tympanostomy tube insertion at any age up to 8 years, and a history of suspected coordination problems. The contribution of these findings to our understanding of risk factors for persistent SSD and the nature of the condition is considered.ConclusionVariables identified as predictive of persistent SSD suggest that factors across motor, cognitive, and linguistic processes may place a child at risk.

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“…The authors conjectured that these lags resulted from underspecified phonological representations in WM due to hearing disruption early in life. Similarly, Majerus et al (2005) found that 8-year-old children with normal hearing and vocabulary at the time of test who had experienced severe and recurrent otitis media prior to the age of 3 performed lower than control children on tasks of PWM, including speeded nonword repetition and rhyme judgement. Finally, 5-year-olds who had experienced repeated episodes of otitis media prior to the age of 3 but with normal hearing at the time of testing showed reduced performance on tasks of syllable and phoneme awareness as well as on serial recall of word lists and comprehension of syntactically complex sentences (Nittrouer & Burton, 2005).…”

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Variations in phonological working memory: Linking early language experiences and language learning outcomes

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In order to build complex language from perceptual input, children must have access to a powerful information processing system that can analyze, store, and use regularities in the signal to which the child is exposed. In this article, we propose that one of the most important parts of this underlying machinery is the linked set of cognitive and language processing components that comprise the child's developing working memory (WM). To examine this hypothesis, we explore how variations in the timing, quality, and quantity of language input during the earliest stages of development are related to variations in WM, especially phonological WM (PWM), and in turn language learning outcomes. In order to tease apart the relationships between early language experience, WM, and language development, we review research findings from studies of groups of language learners who clearly differ with respect to these aspects of input. Specifically, we consider the development of PWM in children with delayed exposure to language, that is, children born profoundly deaf and exposed to oral language following cochlear implantation and internationally adopted children who have delayed exposed to the adoption language; children who experience impoverished language input, that is, children who experience early bouts of otitis media and signing deaf children born to nonsigning hearing parents; and children with enriched early language input, that is, simultaneous bilinguals and second language learners.

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A quantitative and qualitative assessment of verbal short-term memory and phonological processing in 8-year-olds with a history of repetitive otitis media

Cited by 16 publications

References 55 publications

Prevalence of recurrent otitis media in habitually snoring school-aged children

Prevalence of recurrent otitis media in habitually snoring school-aged children

Prevalence and Predictors of Persistent Speech Sound Disorder at Eight Years Old: Findings From a Population Cohort Study

Variations in phonological working memory: Linking early language experiences and language learning outcomes

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