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Anemia, Sickle Cell/complications , Hypertension, Pulmonary/etiology , Hypertension, Pulmonary/therapy , Lung Diseases/etiology , Lung Diseases/therapy , Pulmonary Embolism/etiology , Pulmonary Embolism/therapy , Pulmonary Fibrosis/etiology , Pulmonary Fibrosis/therapy , Acute Disease , Anemia, Sickle Cell/epidemiology , Anemia, Sickle Cell/genetics , Bias , Black People/genetics , Cause of Death , Chronic Disease , Humans , Hypertension, Pulmonary/diagnosis , Hypertension, Pulmonary/mortality , Lung Diseases/diagnosis , Lung Diseases/mortality , Mass Screening , Needs Assessment , Pulmonary Embolism/diagnosis , Pulmonary Embolism/mortality , Pulmonary Fibrosis/diagnosis , Pulmonary Fibrosis/mortality , Research , Risk Factors , United States/epidemiologyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether otitis media with effusion (OME) and associated hearing loss during the first 4 years of life were related to the ratings of parents, teachers, and clinicians of children's attention and behavior in the first 6 years of life. METHODS: In a prospective study, 85 black children were recruited from community-based child care programs when they were between 6 and 12 months old. OME and hearing status were monitored repeatedly from 6 months to 4 years old. Measures of attention and behavior were collected from parents, teachers, and clinicians when the children were infants, preschoolers, and first graders. RESULTS: On average, children experienced either bilateral or unilateral OME 30% of the time and hearing loss 19.9% of the time between 6 months and 4 years old. Descriptive and inferential analyses revealed no significant associations between OME or hearing loss and the measures of attention or behavior completed by parents, teachers, and clinicians. CONCLUSIONS: In this sample of children, there was no relationship between amount of early childhood OME or hearing loss and measures of attention or behavior in the first 6 years of life as reported by parents, teachers, and clinicians.otitis media, hearing, attention, behavior.
