期刊
JARO-JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY
卷 20, 期 1, 页码 89-98出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-018-00699-8
关键词
amplitude modulation; pediatric hearing loss; otitis media with effusion; neurodevelopmental pediatrics
资金
- University of Rochester CTSA [UL1TR002001]
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health
Otitis media with effusion (OME) is considered a form of relative sensory deprivation that often occurs during a critical period of language acquisition in children. Animal studies have demonstrated that hearing loss during early development can impair behavioral sensitivity to amplitude modulation (AM), critical for speech understanding, even after restoration of normal hearing thresholds. AM detection in humans with a history of OME-associated conductive hearing loss (CHL) has not been previously investigated. Our objective was to determine whether OME-associated CHL in children ages 6months to 3years results in deficits in AM detection in later childhood, after restoration of normal audiometric thresholds. Children ages 4 to 7years with and without a history of OME-associated CHL participated in an AM detection two-alternative forced-choice task at 8 and 64Hz modulation frequencies using a noise carrier signal and an interactive touch screen interface. Thirty-four subjects were studied (17 with a history of OME-related CHL and 17 without). Modulation detection thresholds improved with age and were slightly lower (more sensitive) for the 64Hz modulation frequency for both groups. Modulation detection thresholds of children with a history of OME-associated CHL were higher than control thresholds at 5years, but corrected to expected levels between ages 6-7. OME-associated CHL results in impaired AM detection, even when measured years after restoration of normal audiometric thresholds. Future studies may shed light on implications for speech and language development and academic success for children affected by OME and associated conductive hearing loss.
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