No association between hearing loss due to bilateral otitis media with effusion and Denver-II test results in preschool children

Serbetcioglu, Butent; Ugurtay, Ozgur; KIRKIM, GÜNAY; Muttu, Basak

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.10.012

No association between hearing loss due to bilateral otitis media with effusion and Denver-II test results in preschool children

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Serbetcioglu B., Ugurtay O., KIRKIM G., Muttu B.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, vol.72, no.2, pp.215-222, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 72 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2008
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.10.012
Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.215-222
Keywords: child, otitis media with effusion, middle-ear effusion, hearing loss, cognition, language and motor skills, Denver test, transient otoacoustic emissions, OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, LANGUAGE
Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: 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.