Persistency of an effect: otitis media during the first year of life with nine years follow-up.
A cohort of lower socioeconomic-economic children who experienced multi and prolonged episodes of otitis media during their first year of life and followed for 9 years showed that all of the children had poorer performance in linguistic tasks than did the control group. Differences were found in all of the OM + children at all ages. The effect of the otitis media and its accompanying hearing loss was noted in eight measures throughout the 9-year period of observation.
Ruben
R J
RJ
Department of Otolaryngology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467-2490, USA. ruben@aecom.yu.edu
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007804:Language Development; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors