Auditory Processing Abilities in Children with Previous Middle Ear Effusion

The present study was designed to determine whether auditory processing disorders are present in children with documented middle ear effusion (MEE) that required surgical treatment. Children with previous MEE and control subjects, in two age groups, were studied using five tests of auditory processing abilities: low-pass filtered speech, staggered spondaic word test, speech in noise, auditory sequential memory, and sound blending. Results found differences in groups at mean age 7 on the filtered speech test, but no statistical differences were found on any other test at age 7 or on any test at mean age 9. The results indicate that well-managed MEE appears to have no long-term effects on children acquiring this disease.

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Recurrent Middle Ear Effusion in Childhood: Implications of Temporary Auditory Deprivation for Language and Learning

Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology ◽

10.1177/000348948109000607 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 90 (6) ◽

pp. 546-551 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

Robert J. Sak ◽

Robert J. Ruben

Keyword(s):

Middle Ear ◽

Paired Comparison ◽

Verbal Ability ◽

Learning Disabled ◽

Middle Ear Effusion ◽

Normal Range ◽

Significant Strength ◽

Sequential Memory ◽

Neurologically Intact ◽

Ear Effusion

Eighteen healthy, normal hearing (PTA≤15dB, better ear), neurologically intact, 8 to 11-year-old children who had documented histories of middle ear effusion (MEE) before the age of five years were evaluated by a battery of audiological, psychological, language and achievement tests. Each was compared to his/her non-MEE sibling who was tested at the same age. All the children (n = 36) tested in the bright normal range of verbal ability (WISC-R) and none had been diagnosed previously as learning disabled. Paired comparison of sibling data revealed that the effusion subjects had deficits in verbal ability, auditory decoding and spelling skills when compared with their control siblings. Significant strength in visual sequential memory in the MEE subjects suggests the availability of compensatory strategies for auditory deficits. Data analysis on the basis of sex and/or birth order differences could not explain the differences between siblings.

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Persistent middle ear effusion in the first 3 years of life is not associated with behavior problems or parental stress

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e556882006-003 ◽

2000 ◽

Keyword(s):

Behavior Problems ◽

Middle Ear ◽

Parental Stress ◽

Middle Ear Effusion ◽

Ear Effusion

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A Clinical Research Form for Use in the Documentation of Middle Ear Effusion

Ear and Hearing ◽

10.1097/00003446-199108000-00010 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 296-298 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Stanley Yankelowitz ◽

Judith Gravel ◽

Ina Wallace ◽

Pekka Karma

Keyword(s):

Clinical Research ◽

Middle Ear ◽

Middle Ear Effusion ◽

Ear Effusion

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Antibacterial Therapy and Middle Ear Effusions

Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology ◽

10.1177/00034894760850s246 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 85 (2_suppl) ◽

pp. 250-253 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paul A. Shurin

Keyword(s):

Drug Therapy ◽

Effective Treatment ◽

Otitis Media ◽

Middle Ear ◽

Middle Ear Effusion ◽

Prolonged Administration ◽

Antimicrobial Drugs ◽

Acute Attacks ◽

Ear Effusion

Antimicrobial drugs chosen for their activity against the causative pathogens of otitis media provide effective treatment for acute attacks. Prolonged administration of some of these agents has recently been shown to be of value in the prevention of symptomatic otitis. The role of drug therapy in the management of chronic or recurrent middle ear effusion is unknown at present.

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