Speech Perception after Early-Life Otitis Media with Fluctuating Hearing Loss

Anne Zumach; Michelene N. Chenault; Lucien J. C. Anteunis; Ellen Gerrits

doi:10.1159/000322501

Speech Perception after Early-Life Otitis Media with Fluctuating Hearing Loss

Anne Zumach^*, Michelene N. Chenault, Lucien J. C. Anteunis, Ellen Gerrits

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Abstract

The present study examined the effect of early-life otitis media and its associated fluctuating hearing loss on categorical speech perception in 7-year-old Dutch children. The middle ear status of these children had been followed prospectively in their first 2 years of life. Identification and discrimination of speech sounds differing in place of articulation were tested at school age and outcomes were significantly related to otitis media-related hearing loss. Results revealed that phoneme identification and discrimination were affected by early-life hearing loss. It is not otitis media per se, but rather the relative severity of hearing loss resulting from early-life otitis media which is related to poorer categorical speech perception abilities in school-age children.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	304-314
Journal	Audiology and Neurotology
Volume	16
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000322501
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

Otitis media
Hearing loss
Long-term effects
Categorical speech perception
Prospective studies

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