The Kalgoorlie Otitis Media Research Project: rationale, methods, population characteristics and ethical considerations

The study examines the relationships that exist between early recurrent otitis media, language and central auditory processing in children. A retrospective case-control experimental design was employed and ten subjects were allocated to each of the two research groups, namely children with a history of early recurrent otitis media (research group 1) and children without a history of early recurrent otitis media (research group 2). The children in both research groups were in grade one and turning 7 years old. The language and central auditory processing of the subjects were assessed using the Clinical Evaluation of Language Function (Wiig & Semel, 1980) and the Willeford Battery of Central Auditory Function (Willeford, 1974). The results showed that the language and central auditory processing of the children with a history of early recurrent otitis media were significantly poorer than that of their disease-free peers. The results stress the importance of vigorous identification and management programmes for children with a history of early recurrent otitis media.

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Introduction and Overview of the University of Minnesota Otitis Media Research Center

Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology ◽

10.1177/00034894941030s502 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 103 (5_suppl) ◽

pp. 5-6

Keyword(s):

Otitis Media ◽

Research Center ◽

University Of Minnesota ◽

Media Research ◽

The University

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RE: “VALIDITY OF PARENTAL REPORT OF A CHILD'S MEDICAL HISTORY IN OTITIS MEDIA RESEARCH”

American Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117531 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 142 (1) ◽

pp. 100-100

Author(s):

Berit Sandstad

Keyword(s):

Medical History ◽

Otitis Media ◽

Parental Report ◽

Media Research

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The Role of Researcher in Participatory Inquiry: Modeling Intra-Active Reflexivity in Conversational Reflections

Culture Studies &#x2194 Critical Methodologies ◽

10.1177/1532708617750677 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 68-76 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Meagan Call-Cummings ◽

Barbara Dennis ◽

Sylvia Martinez

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Research Process ◽

Qualitative Inquiry ◽

Ethnographic Research ◽

Ethical Considerations ◽

Research Project ◽

Participatory Inquiry ◽

Specific Project

This article presents intimate conversations among three colleagues around ethical considerations of ethnographic inter-racial qualitative inquiry. It draws on an ethnographic research project conducted at a high school in rural Idaho, USA. Focusing on the question, “Why are our teachers racist?” the collective worked together to challenge subtle inequity at this particular school. The authors come together in a dialogue to reflect on the role of the researcher within this specific project, but end up illustrating reflexivity, an often hidden aspect of the research process, opening an entangled, unresolved, and yet meaningful set of interpellations around practical methodological concepts.

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Researching research affects: in-between different research positions

Qualitative Research ◽

10.1177/1468794120985683 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 146879412098568

Author(s):

Lotta Johansson ◽

Merete Moe ◽

Kjersti Nissen

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Ethical Considerations ◽

Research Project ◽

Daily Work ◽

Field Notes

A significant amount of research has highlighted the different ontological and epistemological dimensions of insider and outsider research positions. In the field of education, this topic could benefit from more research. In this study, three researchers and former early childhood centre directors discussed their own research positions in a completed research project. Based on field notes from following the daily work of the centre leaders – positions the researchers formally held themselves – it is illustrated that the research affects continued to flow after the project had ended, raising new questions about how specific situations and the data had been handled. This study, a folding, unfolding and re-folding of data, highlights the ethical considerations actualised in the movements between research positions. The movements between research positions are understood as a source of tension that can produce affects, becomings and data with the ability to question given positions and established knowledge.

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