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- Title
Childhood Imbalance and Chronic Otitis Media With Effusion: Effect of Tympanostomy Tube Insertion on Standardized Tests of Balance and Locomotion.
- Authors
Hart, Mary C.; Nichols, Deborah S.; Butler, E. M.; Barin, Kamran
- Abstract
The goal of this study was to investigate the role of chronic otitis media with effusion as a cause of childhood imbalance. Nineteen 4- to 6-year-old children with chronic otitis media with effusion and 14 matched control children underwent a series of laboratory tests, including two standardized tests of balance and locomotion: the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS) and the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP). The children in the chronic otitis media with effusion group underwent tympanostomy tube insertion. Both groups underwent the same battery of tests within 6 to 8 weeks of initial testing. Analysis of variance for the PDMS and BOTMP demonstrated significantly lower performance in the balance subscales for the otitis group before ( P < .01). Both otitis and control groups improved when retested. The improvement was greater and approaching significance in the otitis group on the PDMS and BOTMP ( P = .056 and .097, respectively). It is concluded that chronic otitis media with effusion significantly affects balance and coordination skills in 4- to 6-year-old children. These skills improve after tympanostomy tube insertion at a rate greater than that of the control group.
- Publication
Laryngoscope, 1998, Vol 108, Issue 5, p665
- ISSN
0023-852X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1097/00005537-199805000-00008