http://libproxy.uncg.edu:2079/pubmed/3220954
J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1988 Dec;9(6):346-51. Hearing and verbal-cognitive abilities in high-risk preterm infants prone to otitis media with effusion. Pearce PS, Saunders MA, Creighton DE, Sauve RS. Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Canada
What was the study about?
The study was about the hearing and verbal-cognitive abilities in high-risk preterm infants prone to otitis media with effusion. They studies 23 otitis prone children and compared them with 20 non-otitis prone children with similar controls.
What did they find?
They found that findings suggest high-risk premature infants are prone to otitis media with effusion but with medical intervention, speech and language follow-up and eudiometric assessment, otitis cases can be decreased. In the cases with the high-risk preterm infants, language and verbal cognitive abilities were notably inferior to the controls.
http://libproxy.uncg.edu:2079/pubmed/7923835
Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci. 1994 Jun;19(3):179-84. Otitis media, respiratory tract infections and hearing loss in pre-term and low birthweight infants. Sassen ML, Veen S, Schreuder AM, Ens-Dokkum MH, Verloove-Vanhorick SP, Brand R, Ruys JH, Grote JJ. ENT Department, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
What was the study about?
This study was about the relationship between hearing loss, respiratory tract infection and otitis media in pre-term and low birth weight infants. They studies 1338 live born infants with a gestational age less than 32 weeks and/or birth weight less than 1500 g. The infants were enrolled in a national follow up study and assessed the remaining live children at the age of 5 years old. These children were compared to other full-term children.
What did they find?
The study found that although preterm birth or very low birth weight is appeared to have no risk factors for developing otitis, the incidence of ear, nose and throat trouble does come out to be more elevated than the general population.
Premature Babies Hearing Disorders- Otitis This blog is specifically centered around otitis media, which is a hearing disorder that concerns the parents of many premature babies. Otitis media can be cured, although it cannot be prevented. It is a very common occurance and a high percentage of babies will be affected by it at least once.
Otitis Media
Otitis media is an ear infection in which fluid accumulates within the middle ear. A common condition occurring in childhood, it is estimated that 85 percent of all American children will develop otitis media at least once.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
3 blog websites
http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site992/mainpageS992P0.html
This website is about the hearing loss in babies. It does not have an emphasis on premature babies but it gives the statistics on hearing loss in babies born full term so I thought it was important for a comparison basis. It talks about how screening is important from the hospital in which the baby is born is essential. Without the screening, it says that caregivers might not notice the baby has a hearing problem until later on in life and that can cause a delay in speech and language.
I thought the information was very useful for obtaining information concerning hearing loss in premature babies. I like how it does not talk about hearing loss as a negative. It only talks about the solutions and gives off a positive vibe at the end of the article. I did not disagree with any of the statements because it listed the National Institutes of Health and The American Academy of Pediatrics so I know the sources are reliable. I would not change anything about the article. A link is even given to another website so it might be better to have the pertinent information from them included on their website but it does not have to be.
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/parents/infants/283.html
This website is about caring for your premature baby. It does have an emphasis on premature babies but it talks about the different things that could affect a premature baby including hearing loss and damage. I do not like this website because the amount of information concerning hearing is very little. I do like the statements on how to recognize if your baby may have a hearing problem mainly because I did not fins this on any other website. I would change the amount of information contained on the website because the more information you have, the better equipped you will be the identify a problem and get it solved.
http://www.babyhearing.org/
This website is from a hospital and is about follow up hearing testing. It was a link from another website but it does not have information specific to hearing loss in premature babies but it does reassure caregivers that even though a baby is premature, it does not have to have hearing loss. I do not like this website because it does not have a healthy amount of information but it does have one or two useful points. Again, I would change the amount of content because it is not enough to get the most information.
This website is about the hearing loss in babies. It does not have an emphasis on premature babies but it gives the statistics on hearing loss in babies born full term so I thought it was important for a comparison basis. It talks about how screening is important from the hospital in which the baby is born is essential. Without the screening, it says that caregivers might not notice the baby has a hearing problem until later on in life and that can cause a delay in speech and language.
I thought the information was very useful for obtaining information concerning hearing loss in premature babies. I like how it does not talk about hearing loss as a negative. It only talks about the solutions and gives off a positive vibe at the end of the article. I did not disagree with any of the statements because it listed the National Institutes of Health and The American Academy of Pediatrics so I know the sources are reliable. I would not change anything about the article. A link is even given to another website so it might be better to have the pertinent information from them included on their website but it does not have to be.
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/parents/infants/283.html
This website is about caring for your premature baby. It does have an emphasis on premature babies but it talks about the different things that could affect a premature baby including hearing loss and damage. I do not like this website because the amount of information concerning hearing is very little. I do like the statements on how to recognize if your baby may have a hearing problem mainly because I did not fins this on any other website. I would change the amount of information contained on the website because the more information you have, the better equipped you will be the identify a problem and get it solved.
http://www.babyhearing.org/
This website is from a hospital and is about follow up hearing testing. It was a link from another website but it does not have information specific to hearing loss in premature babies but it does reassure caregivers that even though a baby is premature, it does not have to have hearing loss. I do not like this website because it does not have a healthy amount of information but it does have one or two useful points. Again, I would change the amount of content because it is not enough to get the most information.
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