Paediatric speech intelligibility (PSI) in normal hearing children with history of recurrent otitis media with effusion (OME)

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossam Sanyelbhaa Talaat ◽  
Abdelmagied Hasn Kabel ◽  
Etaf Qatanani
Keyword(s):  
Otitis Media ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
History Of ◽  
Hearing Children ◽  
Recurrent Otitis Media

scholarly journals 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 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 494-502 ◽  
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.

scholarly journals Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Otitis Media With Effusion in Children: Future Therapeutic Implications

2021 ◽  
pp. 019459982098745
Author(s):  
Mirko Aldè ◽  
Federica Di Berardino ◽  
Paola Marchisio ◽  
Giovanna Cantarella ◽  
Umberto Ambrosetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Outpatient Clinic ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Vestibular Disorders ◽  
Therapeutic Implications ◽  
History Of ◽  
Clinic Population

Objective To evaluate the role of social isolation during the lockdown due to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) in modifying the prevalence of otitis media with effusion (OME) and the natural history of chronic OME. Study Design Retrospective study. Setting Tertiary level referral audiologic center. Methods We assessed the prevalence of OME among children aged 6 months to 12 years who attended the outpatient clinic for hearing or vestibular disorders during 2 periods before the lockdown, May-June 2019 (n = 350) and January-February 2020 (n = 366), and the period immediately after the lockdown, May-June 2020 (n = 216). We also compared the disease resolution rates between a subgroup of children with chronic OME (n = 30) who were diagnosed in summer 2019 and reevaluated in May-June 2020 and a similar subgroup (n = 29) assessed in 2018-2019. Results The prevalence of OME in this clinic population was 40.6% in May-June 2019, 52.2% in January-February 2020, and 2.3% in May-June 2020. Children with chronic OME had a higher rate of disease resolution in May-June 2020 (93.3%) than those examined in May-June 2019 (20.7%, P < .001). Conclusion Closure of schools and the physical distancing rules were correlated with a reduction in the prevalence of OME and favored the resolution of its chronic forms among children who attended the outpatient clinic. These data could suggest that in the presence of chronic OME, keeping young children out of group care settings for a period might be beneficial to allow for OME resolution.

Second Formant Transitions of Selected Consonant-Vowel Combinations in the Speech of Deaf and Normal-Hearing Children

1976 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall B. Monsen
Keyword(s):  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Acoustic Cues ◽  
Target Frequency ◽  
Second Formant ◽  
Hearing Children

Although it is well known that the speech produced by the deaf is generally of low intelligibility, the sources of this low speech intelligibility have generally been ascribed either to aberrant articulation of phonemes or inappropriate prosody. This study was designed to determine to what extent a nonsegmental aspect of speech, formant transitions, may differ in the speech of the deaf and of the normal hearing. The initial second formant transitions of the vowels /i/ and /u/ after labial and alveolar consonants (/b, d, f/) were compared in the speech of six normal-hearing and six hearing-impaired adolescents. In the speech of the hearing-impaired subjects, the second formant transitions may be reduced both in time and in frequency. At its onset, the second formant may be nearer to its eventual target frequency than in the speech of the normal subjects. Since formant transitions are important acoustic cues for the adjacent consonants, reduced F 2 transitions may be an important factor in the low intelligibility of the speech of the deaf.

scholarly journals Risk factors for recurrent otitis media with effusion

2017 ◽  
Vol 74 (12) ◽  
pp. 1117-1120
Author(s):  
Ivan Baljosevic ◽  
Ljiljana Cvorovic ◽  
Katarina Stankovic ◽  
Vladan Subarevic ◽  
Zlata Baljosevic
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Recurrent Otitis Media

Prognostic factors in otitis media with effusion

1988 ◽  
Vol 102 (11) ◽  
pp. 989-991 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Prognostic Factors ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Past History ◽  
Waiting List ◽  
Repeat Surgery ◽  
History Of

AbstractTo determine which factors were associated recurrence of ottitis media with effusion following grommet insertion, the casenotes of 323 who had a total of 485 operations for grommet insertion were reviewed. The incidence of repeat surgery was higher in those aged between four and six years, in those having grommet insertion between the months of July and October and in those cases in which the grommet was extruded within six months. Recurrence was not related to sex of patient, month of listing for surgery, adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, length of time on the waiting list or past history of previous grommet insertion.

scholarly journals Evaluation of 15 Functional Candidate Genes for Association with Chronic Otitis Media with Effusion and/or Recurrent Otitis Media (COME/ROM)

PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e22297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michèle M. Sale ◽  
Wei-Min Chen ◽  
Daniel E. Weeks ◽  
Josyf C. Mychaleckyj ◽  
Xuanlin Hou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Candidate Genes ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Chronic Otitis Media ◽  
Recurrent Otitis Media

Adult-onset otitis media with effusion: results following ventilation tube insertion

2001 ◽  
Vol 115 (11) ◽  
pp. 874-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. Yung ◽  
R. Arasaratnam
Keyword(s):  
Otitis Media ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Previous History ◽  
Endoscopic Examination ◽  
Lateral Nasal Wall ◽  
Adult Onset ◽  
Ventilation Tube ◽  
Tube Insertion ◽  
Prick Test ◽  
History Of

The outcome of otitis media with effusion (OME) in children is generally good. However, it is less clear in adults. All adult patients who had a ventilation tube inserted for OME at the Ipswich Hospital between 1996 and 1997 were studied. Of 53 patients studied, 28 had had a previous history of ventilation tube insertion. Furthermore, at 15–27 months following ventilation tube insertion, the ventilation tube had already extruded in 31 patients and the OME had already recurred in 19 of these. Endoscopic examination revealed that many patients still had evidence of inflammation at the lateral nasal wall (26.4 per cent) and at the eustachian tube orifice (51 per cent). There is also a strong history of atopy in the studied group and the skin prick test was positive in 57 per cent of the patients. This study shows that many patients with adult-onset OME have underlying pathology that could lead to recurrence of OME following ventilation tube extrusion.

scholarly journals Early communication functioning of infants with cleft lip and palate

1996 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alta Kritzinger ◽  
Brenda Louw ◽  
René Hugo
Keyword(s):  
Cleft Lip ◽  
Cleft Lip And Palate ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Receptive Language ◽  
Communication Intervention ◽  
Early Communication ◽  
History Of ◽  
Expressive Language Delay ◽  
Hearing Abilities ◽  
Recurrent Otitis Media

This study investigated the early communication functioning and hearing abilities of 44 infants with cleft lip and palate, ages 3 to 31 months old. The results revealed that 64% of the subjects had a history of recurrent otitis media with effusion and 33% displayed associated anomalies. 26% of the subjects had mild hearing losses and middle ear pathology at the time of data collection. The subjects as a group displayed average developmental levels for perceptual-cognitive, socio-personal and receptive language skills, but a limited phonetic repertoire and a statistically significant expressive language delay. The results indicated that the subjects experienced a motor developmental delay, but this was not statistically significant. The implications for early communication intervention are to conduct regular hearing measurements and to conduct regular parent-centered therapy with individualized home programmes. Efforts should be directed towards expanding early communication intervention services to include all infants with cleft lip and palate in South Africa.

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