Chronic Ear Infections

[mimiakemi]

I read an article in the health section of the Washington Post the other day which talked about how children with chronic ear infections have less coordination and balance and delayed speech. Apparently, to the child, it sounds like everyone's under water when they're talking

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[originalspam]

I had a lot of ear infections as well as a kid, one of which permanently damaged my hearing in my right ear...this would explain why sometimes I think I'm talking with cotton in my mouth and people often have a hard time understanding me unless I say something twice. I also randomly fall over.

Go Us.

[watchnplay]

What's interesting for me is teaching kids with IEPs that include reading disabilities. It's not uncommon to run across kids who have a history similar to yours. Often they are identified as developmentally delayed early, then speech/language impaired, then they are released from SPED and picked up again between grades 6-8 for reading delays.

Definitely a correlation between ear infection and delayed reading skills. I'm glad you made a personal connection with someone's research. That is always fun.