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Otitis Media and Language Performance in a Cohort of Apache Indian Children
Ronald S. Fischler, MD;
N. Wendell Todd, MD;
Clyde M. Feldman, MEd
Am J Dis Child. 1985;139(4):355-360.
Abstract
• Language performance was evaluated in 167 healthy Apache Indian children aged 6 to 8 years, who had contrasting histories of otitis media and who had been followed since birth. All children received pneumatic otoscopy, tympanometry, pure tone audiometry, and a battery of language measures. Groups were similar with respect to age, sex, school experience, family income, housing, primary language spoken, and nonverbal intelligence. No statistically or clinically significant differences in language performance were observed between groups of children with frequent episodes of otitis media and those from the same cohort with infrequent otitis. While frequent otitis media was associated with abnormalities on tympanometry and otoscopy, bilateral hearing loss (>25 dB) was observed in only 1% of the children.
(AJDC 1985;139:355-360)
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Family and Community Medicine (Dr Fischler and Mr Feldman) and Pediatrics (Dr Fischler), University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson; and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Phoenix Indian Medical Center (Dr Todd). Dr Todd is now with Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.
Footnotes
The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Indian Health Service.
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