Gravel and Wallace (2000). Effects of otitis media with effusion on hearing in the first 3 years of life. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43, 631-644.
http://jslhr.asha.org/cgi/reprint/43/3/631
This week I saw my first client! He came in for a audiology assessment as apart of a speech diagnostic. He has PE tubes present in both ears due to otitis media problems. He has had the tubes for 6 months and he is now 4 years old. According to Gravel and Wallace, language learning within the first three years is especially important. When a child has OM, testing needs to be often since one test tells little about their whole language development period. Also, the risk for hearing loss is much greater with OM. Another hearing evaluation once the client was older was suggested. This would allow us to test more frequencies and obtain more reliable thresholds.
Just a side note... when working with children, throw everything out the window and pull out the bears. (I couldn't find an reputable article on this topic, sorry)
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LOL, Katie! Maybe you should consider a scholarly work on using the bears! Seriously, you will see lots of kids at your outplacements so you will have data to collect. A place for clinical research in the pool of evidence. But I digress....
Good comments on the client based on the article. Nice job.
Katie,
I agree with your article. I think children should be re-screened at a later age, I know some schools already do this. This would provide us that much more information on our clients.
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