Prevalence rates of otitis media with effusion from 0 to 2 years of age: healthy-born versus high-risk-born infants

Engel, Joost A.M.; Anteunis, Lucien J. C.; Volovics, A.; Hendriks, Jacques; Marres, E. H. M. A.

doi:10.1016/s0165-5876(98)00185-2

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“…Howie et al [1975], Marchant et al [1984] and Doyle et al [2004] found a relationship between the number of OM incidents and the time of onset of OM in the first year. Casselbrant and Mandel [2003] and Engel et al [1999] show that the highest prevalence of OM incidents is in the first 2 years of life. The younger a child is when it suffers from OM the first time, the more OM periods are expected to follow, consequently resulting in more periods of reduced auditory stimulation.…”

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Otitis Media and Speech-in-Noise Recognition in School-Aged Children

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The present study examined the long-term consequences of otitis media (OM) on speech perception abilities in noise. 55 children with a prospective 3-monthly documented middle-ear status and hearing loss between birth and 24 months completed a ‘speech-in-noise’ (SPiN) test at the age of 7 years. Both hearing loss and the cumulation of uni- and bilateral OM incidents in early life were significantly correlated to the performance on the SPiN test at school age. Other background factors such as socio-economic status, language perception and cognitive development did not predict the performance on the SPiN test. Only the language production score at age 7 was also significantly related to the score on the SPiN test. The present study deals with the risk of OM in early life and its accompanied hearing loss on auditory processing, specifically speech perception in noise, up to school age.

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Otitis Media and Speech-in-Noise Recognition in School-Aged Children

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“…Tympanometry was classified according to Jerger, 42 while OME was classified according to the Maastrichts' Otitis Media With Effusion Study protocol. 43 A test for IQ, Bayley developmental scales, 44 was included because IQ interacts with language development.…”

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The Effect of Ventilation Tubes on Language Development in Infants With Otitis Media With Effusion: A Randomized Trial

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Straatman

Ingels³

et al. 2000

Pediatrics

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ABSTRACT. Objective. To study the effectiveness of ventilation tubes on the language development in infants with persistent otitis media with effusion (OME). All existing studies addressed children 3 years of age or older. Currently, OME is detected and treated with ventilation tubes at a younger age. Because of the critical relationship between age, hearing, and language development, we conducted a study of the effects of ventilation tubes on language development in infants 1 to 2 years old with persistent OME.Design. A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial (embedded in a cohort) with 2 treatment arms: 1) treatment with ventilation tubes (VT group; n ‫؍‬ 93); or 2) with a period of watchful waiting (WW group; n ‫؍‬ 94). Hearing loss and expressive and comprehensive language were assessed every 6 months, while tympanometry and otoscopy were performed every 3 months. Other factors with potential influence on language development were also included: adenoidectomy, hospital, attending day care, sex, age at randomization, educational level of the mother, upper respiratory infections, and the native country of the parents and older siblings. The trial was designed to allow for the detection of a mean difference in language development of 3 months or more between children allocated to the VT and WW groups.Results. No relevant differences were found in expressive or comprehensive language between the 2 groups after adjustment for educational level of the mother, IQ of the child, and differences at baseline.A principal component analysis showed that in the VT group, the children with frequent complaints improved 1.6 months more in comprehensive language than those with no or some complaints. The children with favorable language stimulation, however, did not improve more than the children with less favorable stimulation. No differences were found for expressive language among the various clusters. The probability to improve >3 months in comprehensive language was .48 (95% confidence interval [CI]: .29 -.68) for children with highly educated mothers versus .09 (95% CI: .02-.30) for children whose mothers had a low educational level. In the WW group, these changes were .30 (95% CI: .14 -.53) and .14 (95% CI: .04 -.35), respectively. The probability to improve >4 months in expressive language was .52 (95% CI: .32-.71) for children with highly educated mothers versus .06 (95% CI: .01-.31) for children whose mothers had a low educational level. In the WW group these changes were .42 (95% CI: .23-.64) and .11 (95% CI: .03-.35), respectively. In addition, there were delays in expressive language in both groups compared with their age expected values.The comprehensive language of the children who were effusion-free during the follow-up (n ‫؍‬ 54) improved 1.5 months (95% CI: ؊.2-3.2) more than that of the children who had persistent effusion during the entire follow-up (n ‫؍‬ 28). No differences were found for expressive language development.Disregarding the intervention contrast, improvements in hearing seemed to be related...

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“…To standardise the diagnosis of the middle ear, as a ''gold standard'' in this study, otoscopic and tympanometric data were combined in the so-called MOMES-diagnostic algorithm (13). Measurements with both indefinite tympanometry and otoscopy were defined as invalid diagnoses and treated as missing.…”

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Predictive value of parent-reported symptoms in the assessment of otitis media with effusion during infancy

Engel

2000

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

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Prevalence rates of otitis media with effusion from 0 to 2 years of age: healthy-born versus high-risk-born infants

Cited by 70 publications

References 24 publications

Otitis Media and Speech-in-Noise Recognition in School-Aged Children

Otitis Media and Speech-in-Noise Recognition in School-Aged Children

The Effect of Ventilation Tubes on Language Development in Infants With Otitis Media With Effusion: A Randomized Trial

Predictive value of parent-reported symptoms in the assessment of otitis media with effusion during infancy

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