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Relationships of otitis media with effusion in early childhood to educational and behavioral disadvantage during the teenage years
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Relationships of otitis media with effusion in early childhood to educational and behavioral disadvantage during the teenage years

I.A. Stewart, P.A. Silva and S.M. Williams
Recent Advances in Otitis Media - Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium, June 4-8, 1995, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, pp.337-339
BC Decker Inc.
1996
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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/15513
Appears in  The Dunedin Study

Abstract

attention problems behaviour ears hearing inattention reading reading disabilities otitis media with effusion (OME) tympanostomy tubes
This study examined the later development and behaviour of Study members who had experienced otitis media with effusion in their earlier years. Among the results was the finding that reading ability remains inferior throughout the adolescent years for those who experienced the more severe forms of otitis media with effusion in earlier life.

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