Effects of Recurrent Acute Otitis Media on Cortical Speech-Sound Processing in 2-Year Old Children

@article{Haapala2014EffectsOR,
  title={Effects of Recurrent Acute Otitis Media on Cortical Speech-Sound Processing in 2-Year Old Children},
  author={Sini Haapala and Elina Niemitalo-Haapola and Antti Raappana and Tiia Kujala and Kalervo Suominen and Teija Kujala and Eira Jansson-Verkasalo},
  journal={Ear and Hearing},
  year={2014},
  volume={35},
  pages={e75–e83}
}
Objectives: To investigate at the age of 2 years the effects of childhood recurrent acute otitis media (RAOM) on central auditory processing by using cortical event-related potentials elicited by syllable stimuli. Design: During a 1-year period, 22- to 26-month-old children fulfilling the criteria for tympanostomy tube insertion in Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland, were recruited to the RAOM group (N = 20). The control group (N = 19) was matched by age, sex, and mother’s educational… 
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Long-term influence of recurrent acute otitis media on neural involuntary attention switching in 2-year-old children
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The lP3a and LN responses are affected in toddlers who have had a RAOM even when their ears are healthy, which suggests detrimental long-term effects of RAOM on the neural mechanisms of involuntary attention.
Restricted consonant inventories of 2-year-old Finnish children with a history of recurrent acute otitis media
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The results showed that 2-year-old children with RAOM produced fewer words and had smaller consonant inventories compared to the healthy controls, and support the assumption that early and recurrent middle ear infections should be considered a risk factor for language development.
Auditory temporal abilities in children with history of recurrent otitis media in the first years of life and persistent in preschool and school ages.
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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.
Effect of otitis media with effusion on brainstem timing in children
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The findings suggest that OME of long duration in children is associated with deficient neural timing in response to the onset and offset of transient speech stimuli, resulting in a subtle impairment of speech encoding at the brainstem.
Auditory processing abilities in children with chronic otitis media with effusion
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The study results indicate that children with a history of otitis media with effusion (OME) suffer from auditory processing disorder to some degree and support the hypothesis that fluctuating hearing loss may affect central auditory processing during critical periods.
The Effect of Age and History of Recurrent Otitis Media on Dichotic Listening and Verbal Memory in Children
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Findings support that a history of OM in early childhood based on a parental survey of children is associated with differences in DDT and DMST outcomes.
Comparison of seasonal prevalence of Otitis media with effusion (OME) in mentally handicapped versus normal school-going children.
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Otitis media with effusion is an insidious condition which remains under diagnosed and adversely affects auditory function and speech and children may develop this condition regardless of their intellectual status.
Recurrent acute otitis media detracts from health-related quality of life
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The quality of life of the children with recurrent acute otitis media improved during the one-year follow up, regardless of the treatment, but did not reach the same level as healthy children.
Acute otitis media in young children : randomized controlled trials of antimicrobial treatment, prevention and quality of life
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Children with AOM and their parents had a significantly poorer QoL than healthy children, and it improved significantly at 1-year follow-up, but it did not reach the level observed in healthy children.
Middle Ear Infection and Hearing Loss
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The presence of inflammation in the ME during OM is documented, current evidence implicating innate immunity in the generation and regulation of ME inflammation is discussed, and the effects of MEinflammation and infection on hearing, auditory processing, the acquisition of language and learning are reviewed.
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