Research psychologist Dr. Heather Winskel, from the University of Western Sydney has found that kids with recurrent middle ear infections prior to age three are more likely to have difficulty with language and literacy development later in life. Dr. Winskel looked at two groups of kids at 6 to 8 years of age. One group had recurrent ear infections early in life and another group had no such experiences. The group that had experienced multiple ear infections before age 3, performed more poorly on measures of phonological awareness, semantic knowledge, and reading ability.

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