Does otitis media in early childhood affect reading performance in later school years?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 936-939

  Golz, Avishay ^a   Westerman, S Thomas ^b   Westerman, Liane M ^c   Gilbert, David A ^c   Netzer, Aviram ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Westerman Research Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; READING; SCHOOL CHILD;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; RECURRENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646763872     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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