Otitis media: health and social consequences for aboriginal youth in Canada’s north

Bowd, Alan D.

doi:10.3402/ijch.v64i1.17949

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“…Factors that have a causal role include passive smoking, decline in breastfeeding, daycare attendance and presence of a sibling 29 . ‐ 31 Factors that have been associated with variability in outcomes include the degree of hearing loss, parenting style, and access to medical care 32 …”

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The impact of otitis media on cognitive and educational outcomes

Williams¹,

Jacobs²

2009

Medical Journal of Australia

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Otitis media is a common disease in childhood that can adversely affect cognitive and educational outcomes. The literature in this area is equivocal, and findings may be influenced by research design. The impact of otitis media on individual children's development appears to depend on the inter‐relationship between several factors. Children who have early‐onset otitis media (under 12 months) are at high risk of developing long‐term speech and language problems. Otitis media has been found to interact negatively with pre‐existing cognitive or language problems. For biological or environmental reasons, some populations have a pattern of early onset, higher prevalence and episodes of longer duration; this pattern leads to a higher risk of long‐term speech and language problems. These factors suggest that Indigenous children may be at higher risk of cognitive and educational sequelae than non‐Indigenous children.

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The impact of otitis media on cognitive and educational outcomes

Williams¹,

Jacobs²

2009

Medical Journal of Australia

115

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“…In Nigeria, a striking number of twenty-eight per 1,000 infants have permanent congenital and early-onset hearing loss (Olusanya et al 2008). Poverty, combined with many other factors, produces higher levels of SNHL; lower socioeconomic areas around the world are home to higher numbers of people with SNHL (for Canada, see Bowd 2005;for India, see Reddy et al 2006;for Malawi, see van Hasselt & van Kregten 2002; for Pakistan, see Musani et al 2011; for the United States, see many, especially Oghalai et al 2002 andPrince et al 2003). Most deaf and hard-of-hearing children live in developing countries (Jauhiainen 2001, Tucci et al 2010.…”

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Ensuring language acquisition for deaf children: What linguists can do

Humphries¹,

Kushalnagar²,

Mathur³

et al. 2014

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Parents of small deaf children need guidance on constructing home and school environments that affect normal language acquisition. They often turn to physicians and spiritual leaders and, increasingly, the internet. These sources can be underinformed about crucial issues, such as matters of brain plasticity connected to the risk of linguistic deprivation, and delay or disruption in the development of cognitive skills interwoven with linguistic ability. We have formed a team of specialists in education, linguistics, pediatric medicine, and psychology, and at times specialists in theology and in law have joined our group. We argue that deaf children should be taught a sign language in the early years. This does not preclude oral-aural training and assistive technology. With a strong first language (a sign language), the child can become bilingual (with the written form of the ambient spoken language and, perhaps, the spoken form), accruing the benefits of bilingualism. We have published in medical journals, addressing primary care physicians, in a journal with a spiritual-leader readership, and in a health-law journal. Articles in progress address medical educators and practitioners. Team members present findings at conferences, work on lobbying and legislative efforts with the National Association of the Deaf, and spread the word at conferences of target audiences. We share our work in Word format, so that anyone can easily appropriate it for our common interests. One of our articles has been downloaded over 27,000 times (as of April 2014), and we are asked to consult with committees in other countries as they draft national policies.

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“…Based on epidemiological studies around the world, Bluestone (1999) has reported that Aboriginal children in Canada have the highest incidence of chronic suppurative otitis media in the world, with between 7% and 31% of children affected. Incidence of otitis media is especially problematic in the high Arctic, where, on average, 67% of children have suffered some hearing loss by the time they reach school age (Bowd, 2005;WHO/CIBA, 1996).…”

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Supporting Young Indigenous Children's Language Development in Canada: A Review of Research on Needs and Promising Practices

Ball¹

2009

The Canadian Modern Language Review

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This article offers an original review of research and reports about young Indigenous children's language development needs and approaches to meeting them. The review addresses not only children's acquisition of an Indigenous language but also their acquisition of other languages (e.g., English and French), because their progress in one linguistic domain affects their progress in others. Indigenous children have inequitable access to supports for optimal health and development and experience persistently high rates of academic failure. A search of peer-reviewed literature yielded no empirical studies that systematically assessed Indigenous children's language development and no controlled studies that evaluated the outcomes of early language facilitation programs or early interventions. Investments in culturally appropriate supports for optimal language development of young First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children are relevant to a range of policy areas, including Residential School healing programs, social justice, education, literacy, community development, employment, and literacy.

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Otitis media: health and social consequences for aboriginal youth in Canada’s north

Abstract: Approaches to treatment and prevention have enjoyed limited success. Public health and medical practice need to be informed by the traditional knowledge and practices of indigenous peoples.

Cited by 49 publications

References 23 publications

The impact of otitis media on cognitive and educational outcomes

The impact of otitis media on cognitive and educational outcomes

Ensuring language acquisition for deaf children: What linguists can do

Supporting Young Indigenous Children's Language Development in Canada: A Review of Research on Needs and Promising Practices

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