Otitis Media and Speech-Language Sequelae in Young Children

Roberts, Jason M.; Medley, Lynn P.

doi:10.1044/1058-0360.0401.15

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“…Children with Down syndrome have a history of persistent otitis media with effusion and fluctuating hearing loss (Kile et al, 1990;Roberts and Medley, 1995). Researchers have found that such otitis media and a mild conductive hearing loss during the first year oflife are associated with later difficulty with reading skills and other auditory-based learning skills as reflected in teacher evaluations of academic success as compared to that of typically developing children (Brandes and Elsinger, 1981;Gravel andWallace, 1992, 1995).…”

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Speech and language skills in children with Down syndrome

Kumin

1996

Ment. Retard. Dev. Disabil. Res. Rev.

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This article presents state‐of‐the art information on speech and language development and skills in infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents with Down syndrome. Research is cited in the areas of early speech and language development, receptive and expressive language, auditory and visual reception, processing and integration as they relate to language learning, semantics, syntax, morphology, pragmatics, and social interactive language. Research is also reviewed on oral motor strength and coordination, as well as oral‐motor planning as they relate to articulation, phonology, and intelligibility. Strengths and challenges, assessment, and intervention research are discussed in relation to each speech and language area. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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Section: Auditory and Visual Skillsmentioning

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Speech and language skills in children with Down syndrome

Kumin

1996

Ment. Retard. Dev. Disabil. Res. Rev.

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“…Despite the mixed ndings, there does appear to be some general relationship between early OME history and language de cits particularly in toddlers and in preschool children. In some studies in which children have been followed prospectively, investigators have reported signi cant expressive (Teele et al 1984, Wallace et al 1988, Friel-Patti and Finitzo 1990, Roberts and Medley 1995, Petinou et al 1999) and receptive language de cits (Teele et al 1984, Friel-Patti andFinitzo 1990;Roberts et al 1991). Speech perception abilities in populations with and without a history of OME have also been investigated.…”

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A preliminary account of phonological and morphophonological perception in young children with and without otitis media

Petinou¹,

Schwartz²,

Gravel³

et al. 2001

Int. J. Lang. Comm. Dis.

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This investigation examined the effects of otitis media with effusion (OME) and its associated fluctuating conductive hearing loss on the perception of phonological and morphophonological /s/ and /z/ in young children. We predicted that children free of OME (OME-) would perform better than children with histories of OME (OME+). We also predicted that for the OME+ group morphological perception would be harder than phonological perception, because the former category carries an additional linguistic load (i.e., plurality). Sixteen children, ages 26 to 28 months (M = 26.5, SD = 0.6) were divided into two groups, the OME- (n = 8) and OME+ (n = 8) based on OME history during the first year of life. Subjects in the OME- group were free of the disease for 4/5 visits and pure tone average (PTA) was 12.6 dB HL (SD = 4.8). Subjects in the OME+ group had the disease on 3/5 visits and PTA was 23 dB HL (SD = 2.7). Experimental stimuli were six monosyllabic novel word-pairs. Members of each word-pair differed only in the presence of final voiced or voiceless fricative, marking the targets phonologically (e.g., [g [symbol: see text]]/[g [symbol: see text] s] as in 'law', 'loss') or morphophonologically (e.g., [daep]/[daeps] as in 'map' 'maps'). Subjects were taught the unfamiliar word pairs using a fast mapping procedure. Perception was tested with the bimodal preferential looking paradigm. Children in the OME- group performed significantly better than their OME+ counterparts. Individual word-pair analyses showed that OME+ group performed more poorly than the OME- group on one phonological and on two morphological targets, all ending with [s]. For the OME+ group, targets with final [s] posed greater difficulty than those with final [z], especially on morphophonological plural-(s) targets. The results suggested that the fluctuating hearing loss associated with OME might have a negative impact on speech perception.

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“…OME in infants can lead to reduced hearing sensitivity and deficits in speech and language development. 50 51 Hence, it is important to regularly monitor young children with a history of middle ear dysfunction and hearing loss. Late detection of OME puts the affected infants at high risk for significant hearing loss that affects their language development and learning capability.…”

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Use of Wideband Acoustic Immittance in Neonates and Infants

AlMakadma

Aithal

et al. 2023

Semin Hear

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With widespread agreement on the importance of early identification of hearing loss, universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) has become the standard of care in several countries. Despite advancements in screening technology, UNHS and early hearing detection and intervention programs continue to be burdened by high referral rates of false-positive cases due to temporary obstruction of sound in the outer/middle ear at birth. A sensitive adjunct test of middle ear at the time of screening would aid in the interpretation of screening outcomes, minimize unnecessary rescreens, and prioritize referral to diagnostic assessment for infants with permanent congenital hearing loss. Determination of middle ear status is also an important aspect of diagnostic assessment in infants. Standard single-frequency tympanometry used to determine middle ear status in infants is neither efficient nor accurate in newborns and young infants. A growing body of research has demonstrated the utility of wideband acoustic immittance (WAI) testing in both screening and diagnostic settings. Wideband power absorbance (WBA), a WAI measure, has been shown to be more sensitive than tympanometry in the assessment of outer/middle ear function in newborns. Furthermore, age-graded norms also support successful application of WBA in young infants. Despite its merits, uptake of this technology is low among pediatric audiologists and hearing screening health workers. This report describes normative data, methods for assessment and interpretation of WBA, test–retest variations, and other factors pertinent to clinical use of WAI in newborns and infants. Clinical cases illustrate the use of WAI testing in newborn and infant hearing assessment.

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Otitis Media and Speech-Language Sequelae in Young Children

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Speech and language skills in children with Down syndrome

Speech and language skills in children with Down syndrome

A preliminary account of phonological and morphophonological perception in young children with and without otitis media

Use of Wideband Acoustic Immittance in Neonates and Infants

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