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 Otitis Media: Long-Term Effect on Central Auditory Nervous System

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Francisca Colella-Santos ◽  
Caroline Donadon ◽  
Milaine Dominici Sanfins ◽  
Leticia Reis Borges
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Auditory Brainstem ◽  
Auditory Evoked Potential ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Frequency Pattern ◽  
Auditory Nervous System ◽  
Brainstem Response ◽  
History Of ◽  
Central Auditory Nervous System

Objectives. To analyze the central auditory nervous system function through behavioral and electrophysiological tests in children with a history of otitis media and subsequent bilateral tubes placement surgery. Methods. The participants were divided into two groups between eight and 14 years old: control group (CG) consisted of 40 children with no history of otitis media; experimental group (EG) consisted of 50 children with documented history of otitis media and undertook a surgery for bilateral tubes placement. All children completed audiological evaluation (audiometry, speech audiometry, and immittance audiometry), behavioral evaluation (tests: dichotic digits, synthetic sentence identification with ipsilateral competing message, gaps-in-noise, frequency pattern), and electrophysiological evaluation (Auditory Brainstem Response, ABR, Frequency Following Response, FFR (verbal), and Long Latency Auditory Evoked Potential, LLAEP). Results. The EG group showed significantly poorer performance (p<0.001) than the CG for all auditory abilities studied. The results revealed significant latency delays and reduced amplitude (p<0.05) of waves III and V for ABR; significant latency delay was seen of potentials P2, N2, and P300 for LLAEP; significant latency delays and reduced amplitude (p<0.05) were observed for FFR in children with a history of otitis media. Conclusion. The results demonstrate negative effect of otitis media in the auditory abilities and electrophysiological measures in children with a history of otitis media.

Use of a Mild Gain Amplifier With Preschoolers With Language Delay

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-155 ◽  
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.

scholarly journals Neonatal transitory hypothyrosis: prediction for children’s health and development

2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
T. V. Kovalenko
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Speech Development ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Normal Thyroid Function ◽  
Original Table ◽  
History Of ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
First Year Of Life

A total of 105 children with neonatal transitory hypothyrosis were observed from birth till the age of 3-5 years. Control group consisted of 81 children with normal thyroid function during the neonatal period. Unfavorable perinatal factors (complications of pregnancy and labor, maternal chronic diseases) contributed to the development of transitory hypothyrosis. A history of neonatal transitory hypothyrosis has a negative impact on subsequent physical, nervous, mental, and speech development of children and their health status during the first year of life and in preschool age. An unfavorable individual prognosis as regards further nervous and mental development, made on the basis of an original table of prognostic coefficients, can be sufficient for prescribing thyroid hormone preparations to neonates with transitory hypothyrosis.

The Effect of Otitis Media With Effusion on the Masking-Level Difference and the Auditory Brainstem Response

1993 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 210-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph W. Hall ◽  
John H. Grose
Keyword(s):  
Otitis Media ◽  
Auditory Brainstem Response ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Auditory Brainstem ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Level Difference ◽  
Masking Level Difference ◽  
Brainstem Response ◽  
History Of ◽  
Interaural Differences

This study investigated the masking-level difference (MLD) and auditory brainstem response (ABR) in a group of children with a history of otitis media with effusion (OME) and a control group of children with no known history of ear disease. All children had normal hearing at the time of testing. The main goal of the study was to determine whether there was an association between a reduced MLD in the OME children and an abnormal ABR (in terms of prolonged absolute or interwave intervals, or interaural differences in the ABR waveforms). The results indicated that the group of children having a history of OME had significantly reduced MLDs and had significantly prolonged waves III and V, and I–III and I–V interwave intervals. The correlations between MLD and delays in absolute wave or interwave intervals were not significant. However, some correlations between interaural asymmetries of the interwave intervals and the MLD were significant. The results suggest that the reduction in MLD found in children having a history of OME may be related to abnormal brainstem processing.

Otitis media with effusion in children and its association with deformity of the vomero-ethmoid suture

1983 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. D. McNicoll
Keyword(s):  
Otitis Media ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Head Injuries ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Secretory Otitis Media ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Group 1

AbstractFifty children aged between five and eight years of age who have had proven otitis media with effusion have been retrospectively assessed. Twenty-five children who had attended the Casualty Department with head injuries, who have had X-radiography of their skulls as part of their investigation, acted as controls. All the children in this group were selected because they had no otological history.The 50 Children comprising the retrospective survey were split into two groups: Group 1, with recurrent secretory otitis media requiring surgical intervention on more than three occasions; Group 2, comprising 25 children who had had up to three surgical interventions.All the children had PA X-radiography of their skulls in order to demonstrate the bony nasal septum. In Group 1, a septal deformity was found to be sited at the middle third of the bony septum at the vomero-ethmoid suture. In Group 2, the deformity was found to involve the whole of the middle third of the bony septum, plus portions of the upper and lower thirds of the bony septum.In the control group, in whom there was no history of otological disease, there was no deformity sited at the middle third of the bony septum.

Effect of Otitis Media With Effusion on Comodulation Masking Release in Children

1994 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 1441-1449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph W. Hall ◽  
John H. Grose
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Pressure Equalization ◽  
Essentially Normal ◽  
Masking Release ◽  
History Of ◽  
Comodulation Masking Release

This study investigated comodulation masking release (CMR) in a group of children with a history of otitis media with effusion (OME) and a control group of children with no known history of ear disease. CMR was measured both in a monotic condition and in a dichotic condition (where comodulated flanking bands were added to the ear contralateral to the signal). CMR was measured before the insertion of pressure equalization tubes, approximately 1 to 3 months after surgery, and approximately 6 to 8 months after surgery. The results indicated that monotic CMRs were reduced in children who had hearing loss due to OME. Furthermore, the monotic CMR remained abnormally small even when threshold had returned to normal for 1 to 3 months. The monotic CMR was essentially normal 6 to 8 months following surgery. No differences were found between the two groups of children for the dichotic CMR.

Dysequilibrium and otitis media with effusion: What is the association?

1990 ◽  
Vol 104 (9) ◽  
pp. 682-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. H. Grace ◽  
A. G. Pfleiderer
Keyword(s):  
Otitis Media ◽  
Complete Resolution ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Operative Intervention ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Strong Indication ◽  
Suppurative Otitis Media ◽  
History Of ◽  
Glue Ear

AbstractAn association between non-suppurative otitis media (NSOM) and symptoms of dysequilibrium has been observed but not previously quantified in children (Gates, 1980;Busis, 1983; Blayney and Coleman, 1984). This study compared the incidence of balance related problems in 154 children with surgically proven glue ear and 51 children with normal ear function. Symptoms ranging from true vertigo to mild ataxia were discovered in 22 per cent of the children with NSOM but in none of those within the control group (p>0.001). Periods of dysequilibrium were associated with episodes of otalgia in 64 per cent of the children but were not increased in those with unilateral compared to those with bilateral effusions. Complete resolution of symptoms occurred in 85 per cent of children following the insertion of grommets. A history of balance disturbance should be actively sought in all children with otitis media with effusion, and when present, provides a strong indication for early operative intervention.

scholarly journals The natural history of Canavan disease: 23 new cases and comparison with patients from literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Bley ◽  
Jonas Denecke ◽  
Alfried Kohlschütter ◽  
Gerhard Schön ◽  
Sandra Hischke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Severity Score ◽  
Canavan Disease ◽  
Psychomotor Development ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
First Year ◽  
Study Cohort ◽  
Pooled Data ◽  
Kaplan Meier ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Year Of Life

Abstract Background Canavan disease (CD, MIM # 271900) is a rare and devastating leukodystrophy of early childhood. To identify clinical features that could serve as endpoints for treatment trials, the clinical course of CD was studied retrospectively and prospectively in 23 CD patients. Results were compared with data of CD patients reported in three prior large series. Kaplan Meier survival analysis including log rank test was performed for pooled data of 82 CD patients (study cohort and literature patients). Results Onset of symptoms was between 0 and 6 months. Psychomotor development of patients was limited to abilities that are usually gained within the first year of life. Macrocephaly became apparent between 4 and 18 months of age. Seizure frequency was highest towards the end of the first decade. Ethnic background was more diverse than in studies previously reported. A CD severity score with assessment of 11 symptoms and abilities was developed. Conclusions Early hallmarks of CD are severe psychomotor disability and macrocephaly that develop within the first 18 months of life. While rare in the first year of life, seizures increase in frequency over time in most patients. CD occurs more frequently outside Ashkenazi Jewish communities than previously reported. Concordance of phenotypes between siblings but not patients with identical ASPA mutations suggest the influence of yet unknown modifiers. A CD severity score may allow for assessment of CD disease severity both retrospectively and prospectively.

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.

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