Otitis media in early childhood and patterns of intellectual development and later academic performance.
Examined long-term associations between otitis media with effusion (OME) during the first 5 years of life and patterns of intellectual development from 3-8 years and academic performance after 3 years in elementary school. Fifty-five socioeconomically disadvantaged children were studied prospectively between birth and 8 years. OME history was routinely documented from birth through 5 years during well and illness periods. Two aspects of children's OME experience were examined in relation to developmental outcomes: timing (whether the OME occurred during infancy vs. preschool years) and nature (whether the OME tended to be recurrent or persistent). Although OME during the first 5 years of life was not related to patterns of overall intellectual development between ages 3 and 8 years, recurrent OME during infancy was a negative predictor of teachers' ratings of children's task orientation/distractibility in the classroom. Results are interpreted in the context of the growing OME literature.
Roberts
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Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-8180.
Burchinal
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Campbell
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D000124:Achievement; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000503:physiopathology; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007360:Intelligence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011581:Psychological Tests