Pacifier use and the occurrence of otitis media in the first year of life

The effect of early otitis media on preschoolers’ listening and language abilities was examined in a cohort of prospectively followed children. At 4 years of age, children considered otitis negative and otitis positive during the first year of life were examined using a speech-incompetition task and several standardized measures of language and cognitive function. An adaptive test procedure was used, with sentence materials from the Pediatric Speech Intelligibility Test (PSI) (Jerger & Jerger, 1984). Results indicated that children with positive histories of otitis media during the first year required a more advantageous signal-to-competition ratio to perform at 50% sentence intelligibility than did their otitis-negative peers. There was no interaction between birth status (high-risk or full-term) and adaptive PSI listening task outcome. No differences between the groups were found In either receptive or expressive language abilities or in cognitive abilities. Further, there was no relationship between any language or cognitive measure and the adaptive PSI result

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Auditory temporal abilities in children with history of recurrent otitis media in the first years of life and persistent in preschool and school ages

CoDAS ◽

10.1590/2317-1782/20142014008 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 26 (6) ◽

pp. 494-502 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Priscila Cruvinel Villa ◽

Sthella Zanchetta

Keyword(s):

Otitis Media ◽

Otitis Media With Effusion ◽

Temporal Frequency ◽

Control Group ◽

First Year ◽

Normal Range ◽

Frequency Pattern ◽

History Of ◽

First Year Of Life ◽

Recurrent Otitis Media

PURPOSE: To study the temporal auditory ordering and resolution abilities in children with and without a history of early OME and ROME, as well as to study the responses according to age. METHODS: A total of 59 children were evaluated, and all of them presented pure tone thresholds within the normal range at the time of the conduction of the hearing tests. The children were divided into two groups according to the occurrence of episodes of recurrent otitis media. Then, each group was divided into two subgroups according to age: 7- and 8-year olds, and 9- and 10-year olds. All children were assessed with standard tests of temporal frequency (ordination) and gaps-in-noise (resolution). RESULTS: For the temporal abilities studied, children with a history of otitis media presented significantly lower results compared to the control group. In the frequency pattern test, the correct answers increased with age in both groups. In the identification of silence intervals, the control group showed no change in threshold regarding to age, but this change was present in the group with a history of otitis media. CONCLUSION: Episodes of otitis media with effusion in the first year of life, recurrent and persistent in preschool and school ages, negatively influence the temporal ordering and resolution abilities.

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Long Term Communication Deficiencies in Children with Otitis Media During Their First Year of Life

Acta Oto-Laryngologica ◽

10.3109/00016489709117770 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 117 (2) ◽

pp. 206-207 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

R. J. Ruben ◽

I. F. Wallace ◽

J. Gravel

Keyword(s):

Otitis Media ◽

First Year ◽

First Year Of Life

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Otitis Media in the First Year of Life

Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology ◽

10.1177/00034894900990s718 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 99 (7_suppl) ◽

pp. 33-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Colin D. Marchant ◽

Paul A. Shurin

Keyword(s):

Otitis Media ◽

First Year ◽

First Year Of Life

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Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Respiratory Viral Infections in the First Year of Life: Association With Acute Otitis Media Development

Clinical Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1093/cid/ciu714 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 1-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 61

Author(s):

Tasnee Chonmaitree ◽

Pedro Alvarez-Fernandez ◽

Kristofer Jennings ◽

Rocio Trujillo ◽

Tal Marom ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Otitis Media ◽

Viral Infections ◽

Acute Otitis Media ◽

First Year ◽

Media Development ◽

Respiratory Viral Infections ◽

First Year Of Life

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Specific probiotics in reducing the risk of acute infections in infancy – a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

British Journal Of Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s0007114508116282 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 101 (11) ◽

pp. 1722-1726 ◽

Cited By ~ 128

Author(s):

Samuli Rautava ◽

Seppo Salminen ◽

Erika Isolauri

Keyword(s):

Otitis Media ◽

Respiratory Infections ◽

Acute Otitis Media ◽

Lactobacillus Rhamnosus ◽

Controlled Study ◽

First Year ◽

Double Blind ◽

Double Blind Placebo ◽

Recurrent Respiratory Infections ◽

First Year Of Life

A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted to determine whether probiotics might be effective in reducing the risk of infections in infancy. Infants requiring formula before the age of 2 months were recruited from community well-baby clinics. Infant formula supplemented with the probioticsLactobacillus rhamnosusGG andBifidobacterium lactisBb-12 or placebo was administered daily until the age of 12 months. Incidence of early infections (before the age of 7 months) and incidence of recurrent (three or more) infections during the first year of life were recorded as the main outcome measures of the study. During the first 7 months of life, seven out of thirty-two (22 %) infants receiving probiotics and twenty out of forty (50 %) infants receiving placebo experienced acute otitis media (risk ratio (RR) 0·44 (95 % CI 0·21, 0·90);P = 0·014) and antibiotics were prescribed for ten out of thirty-two (31 %) infants receiving probiotics and twenty-four out of forty (60 %) infants receiving placebo (RR 0·52 (95 % CI 0·29, 0·92);P = 0·015). During the first year of life, nine out of thirty-two (28 %) infants receiving probiotics and twenty-two out of forty (55 %) infants receiving placebo encountered recurrent respiratory infections (RR 0·51 (95 % CI 0·27, 0·95);P = 0·022). These data suggest that probiotics may offer a safe means of reducing the risk of early acute otitis media and antibiotic use and the risk of recurrent respiratory infections during the first year of life. Further clinical trials are warranted.

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EFFECTS OF BREAST FEEDING ON INCIDENCE OF OTITIS MEDIA IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE. 1005

Pediatric Research ◽

10.1203/00006450-199604001-01027 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 39 ◽

pp. 170-170

Author(s):

H Faden ◽

L Duffy ◽

D Krystofik ◽

R Wasielewski ◽

Y Tung ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Otitis Media ◽

Breast Feeding ◽

First Year ◽

First Year Of Life

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PO-0113 Alimentation Factor In Otitis Media Development In Children Of The First Year Of Life

Archives of Disease in Childhood ◽

10.1136/archdischild-2014-307384.782 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 99 (Suppl 2) ◽

pp. A286.3-A286

Author(s):

S Diacova ◽

A Jivalcovschi ◽

E Antohi ◽

T Macalet ◽

O Diacova

Keyword(s):

Otitis Media ◽

First Year ◽

Media Development ◽

First Year Of Life

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Use of a Mild Gain Amplifier With Preschoolers With Language Delay

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.2403.151 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 151-155 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carol Flexer ◽

Hallie Savage

Keyword(s):

Otitis Media ◽

Collaborative Research ◽

Otitis Media With Effusion ◽

Normal Hearing ◽

Language Delay ◽

First Year ◽

Speech Language Pathologists ◽

Hearing Sensitivity ◽

Test Taking ◽

First Year Of Life

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (1991) has urged collaborative research among speech-language pathologists and audiologists in order to investigate the efficacy of using assistive listening devices on persons with normal peripheral hearing sensitivity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate some of the effects of a mild gain hard-wired assistive listening device on the test-taking performances of 11 preschoolers who were language delayed. The children had histories of otitis media with effusion in the first year of life but had normal hearing sensitivity during each experimental condition. Results revealed a significant reduction in test-taking time in the amplified condition.

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