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Assessing Word Recognition In Infants With A History Of Chronic Otitis Media, Sarah Wright
Assessing Word Recognition In Infants With A History Of Chronic Otitis Media, Sarah Wright
Dissertations, 2020-current
Otitis media (OM) is a common ear-related disorder diagnosed in children that can cause a temporary conductive hearing loss. The fluctuating hearing loss may alter auditory processing which may interfere with language development while impacting quality of life for infants and their caregivers (Homøe et al., 2019). In several languages, eleven-month-old infants have shown a preference for familiar words over unfamiliar words using the head-turn preference paradigm. This study examines the effect of chronic OM on the preference for familiar or unfamiliar words in eleven-month-old infants. Fourteen eleven-month-old infants (mean age 344 days) with three or more diagnosed ear infections …
Assessing Word Recognition Through Head Turn Preference In Infants With Chronic Otitis Media, Allison E. Schmidt
Assessing Word Recognition Through Head Turn Preference In Infants With Chronic Otitis Media, Allison E. Schmidt
Dissertations, 2020-current
Previous studies across a variety of different languages have shown that eleven-month-olds tested via the head-turn preference paradigm show a preference for familiar words over unfamiliar words, as demonstrated by longer look times. This study examined the effect of chronic otitis media on the preference for familiar over unfamiliar words. Nine eleven-month-old children (mean age 342 days, SD = 9.61) with chronic ear infections, defined as three or more diagnoses before the test date, were tested using wordlists adapted from a study performed by Vihman et al. (2004). Children with a history of chronic otitis media did not show a …