Schlieper A, Kisilevsky H, Mattingly S, Yorke L
J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1985 Apr;6(2):65-8.
Thirteen children aged 3 to 5 years with mild conductive hearing losses and histories of otitis media were pair-matched with audiologically normal children on age, sex, socioeconomic status, family intactness, and first language (English). The Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language, the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test, and the Developmental Sentence Scoring Procedure were administered. Phonology errors were tabulated from the spontaneous language sample. The language evaluation was repeated after a 1-year interval. All measures differentiated the groups at highly significant levels on the initial assessment. All tests except the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language continued to show significant differences a year later. The results support the hypothesis that children who experience recurrent middle ear problems are at risk for persistent language delay.
13名年龄在3至5岁之间、患有轻度传导性听力损失且有中耳炎病史的儿童，在年龄、性别、社会经济地位、家庭完整性和第一语言（英语）方面与听力正常的儿童进行配对。实施了语言听觉理解测试、西北句法筛查测试和发展性句子评分程序。从自发语言样本中列出语音错误。1年后重复进行语言评估。在初始评估中，所有测量指标都在高度显著水平上区分了两组。除语言听觉理解测试外，所有测试在一年后仍显示出显著差异。结果支持这样的假设，即经历反复中耳问题的儿童存在持续语言延迟的风险。
