Middle Ear Disease Before Age 3, Treatment With Ear Tubes, and Literacy and Attentional Abilities at Ages 9 to 11
Otitis Media, Middle Ear Effusion
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Otitis Media focused on measuring Insertion of tympanostomy tubes, Otitis media with effusion, Child development, Literacy, Attention, Middle-ear effusion, Educational status, Behavior, Social behavior, Achievement
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Healthy, less than 62 days of age at enrollment Exclusion Criteria: birth weight less than 5 lb (2268 g) small for gestational age history of neonatal asphyxia or other serious illness major congenital abnormality or chronic illness multiple birth sibling enrolled in the study in foster care or adopted before enrollment mother dead, seriously ill, a known drug or alcohol abuser before enrollment mother judged by study personnel to be too limited socially or intellectually to give informed consent or adhere to the study protocol mother less than 18 years of age English not the only household language
Sites / Locations
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh