Developmental outcomes after early or delayed insertion of tympanostomy tubes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 576-586

  Paradise, Jack L ^a,d   Campbell, Thomas F ^b,d   Dollaghan, Christine A ^b   Feldman, Heidi M ^a,b,d   Bernard, Beverly S ^d   Colborn, D Kathleen ^d   Rockette, Howard E ^c   Janosky, Janine E ^a   Pitcairn, Dayna L ^d   Kurs Lasky, Marcia ^c   Sabo, Diane L ^b,d   Smith, Clyde G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; HEARING TEST; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23444441956     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa050406     Document Type: Article

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