PEDIATRICS Vol. 66 No. 2 August 1980, pp. 254-260
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Middle Ear Function in Learning-Disabled Children

Forrest C. Bennett MD1, Susan H. Ruuska MA1, and Roberta Sherman 1

1 Department of Pediatrics and the Child Development and Mental Retardation Center, University of Washington, Seattle

To investigate the possible association of chronic otitis media and school learning problems, past and current middle ear status in 53 learning-disabled (LD) children was compared to that of 56 control children without learning problems. A history of recurrent otitis media was obtained in 23% of the LD children and in 9% of the control children. Thirty-eight percent of LD children and 16% of control children had hearing abnormalities on pure tone audiometry; 49% of LD children and 21% of control children had abnormal tympanometry. LD children had significantly more middle ear malfunction than control children. Chronic, undetected middle ear problems may play a role in the etiology of some school learning disabilities.

Submitted on March 13, 1979
Accepted on November 17, 1979




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