PubMed · 8427614
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B Goldberg. 1993. Translating data into practice.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8427614/
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The diagnosis of communication disorders is a complex clinical task that can have significant clinical, social, and economic consequences for the patient. This issue is about the conceptual process by which clinicians perform this important clinical task. Through the presentation of ten clinical cases, experienced clinicians illustrate a variety of diagnostic decision-making approaches that can be used to answer important clinical questions. In this initial article, the diagnostic themes that have emerged from these cases are summarized and four diagnostic strategies that can be used in making clinical diagnoses are discussed.
A cohort of lower socio-economic children who experienced multiple episodes of otitis media (OM) during their first year of life were compared to a group of children who were largely free of OM during their first year. Both groups were followed until 9 years of age. The data indicate that some children with positive histories of OM performed poorer on a variety of communicative tasks across the 9 year age span than the children with the negative histories of OM. The results suggest that the effect of otitis media and its accompanying hearing loss on communication skills may extend throughout childhood.
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