Speech perception after early-life otitis media with fluctuating hearing loss |
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Authors: | Zumach Anne Chenault Michelene N Anteunis Lucien J C Gerrits Ellen |
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Affiliation: | Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands. anne.zumach @ mumc.nl |
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Abstract: | The present study examined the effect of early-life otitis media and its associated fluctuating hearing loss on categorical speech perception in 7-year-old Dutch children. The middle ear status of these children had been followed prospectively in their first 2 years of life. Identification and discrimination of speech sounds differing in place of articulation were tested at school age and outcomes were significantly related to otitis media-related hearing loss. Results revealed that phoneme identification and discrimination were affected by early-life hearing loss. It is not otitis media per se, but rather the relative severity of hearing loss resulting from early-life otitis media which is related to poorer categorical speech perception abilities in school-age children. |
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