Serbetcioglu Bulent, Ugurtay Ozgur, Kirkim Gunay, Mutlu Basak
Dokuz Eylul Medical School, Department of Otolaryngology, Inciralti-Izmir 35340, Turkey.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2008 Feb;72(2):215-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.10.012. Epub 2007 Nov 28.
Otitis media with effusion (OME) is the most common cause of acquired hearing loss in childhood and has been associated with delayed language development and behavioral problems. In this study, children with an evidently recurrent otitis media were investigated. The present study examines the association between hearing loss versus developmental screening test parameters of preschool children.
Sixteen children with bilateral otitis media were compared with age-matched same number of children with normal hearing (controls).
Language and verbal cognitive abilities were not affected significantly as a result of the presence of hearing loss because of OME. Using internationally standardized Denver-II test to evaluate the language development and other developmental screening parameters, no significant difference was found between the patient and control groups.
This study failed to find any association between the hearing loss due to otitis media with effusion and speech and language parameters in preschool children.
中耳积液性中耳炎（OME）是儿童后天性听力损失的最常见原因，且与语言发育迟缓及行为问题相关。在本研究中，对患有明显复发性中耳炎的儿童进行了调查。本研究考察了听力损失与学龄前儿童发育筛查测试参数之间的关联。
将16名双侧中耳炎患儿与年龄匹配的同等数量听力正常儿童（对照组）进行比较。
由于OME导致的听力损失，语言和言语认知能力未受到显著影响。使用国际标准化的丹佛发育筛查测验第二版（Denver-II）评估语言发育及其他发育筛查参数，患者组与对照组之间未发现显著差异。
本研究未能发现中耳积液性中耳炎导致的听力损失与学龄前儿童言语和语言参数之间存在任何关联。
