Roberts J E, Sanyal M A, Burchinal M R, Collier A M, Ramey C T, Henderson F W
Pediatrics. 1986 Sep;78(3):423-30.
The relationship between the occurrence of otitis media with effusion during the first 3 years of life and subsequent verbal and academic performance was examined in 61 socioeconomically disadvantaged children who attended a research day-care program. Study children were participants in a longitudinal study of child development in which the number of episodes of otitis media and duration of each otitis episode were reported prospectively from infancy. The incidence of otitis media was highest during the first 2 years of life. Bilateral otitis media accounted for 66% of the days with otitis media with effusion. Standardized tests of intelligence and academic performance were administered to the children when they were 3 1/2 to 6 years of age. No evidence of associations between measures of early childhood otitis media experience and these measures of verbal or academic functioning was found in this study population.
在61名参加研究日托项目的社会经济条件不利的儿童中，研究了生命最初3年中耳积液性中耳炎的发生与随后语言及学业表现之间的关系。参与研究的儿童是一项儿童发育纵向研究的参与者，在该研究中，从婴儿期就前瞻性地报告了中耳炎发作次数和每次中耳炎发作的持续时间。中耳炎发病率在生命的头2年最高。双侧中耳炎占中耳积液性中耳炎天数的66%。当这些儿童3.5至6岁时，对其进行了智力和学业表现标准化测试。在该研究人群中，未发现幼儿中耳炎经历指标与这些语言或学业功能指标之间存在关联的证据。
