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Decades of reports in the pediatric literature on the possible association of middle ear effusion and delays in cognitive and psychosocial behavioral development1,2 produced official recommendations advocating prompt drainage of middle ear effusion.3,4 This study, carried out by investigators at the University of Pittsburgh, Stanford, and the University of Texas, Dallas, is an update of prior studies and was designed to evaluate whether prompt placement of tympanostomy tubes in young childen with middle ear effusion resulted in differences in literacy, …
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