Forty-eight children (23 girls) were divided into four
age groups of approximately equal size:1 4-yr-olds (12 children;
mean age¼4.16; age range¼3.95-4.37), 4.5-yr-olds
(13; 4.71; 4.42-5.04), 5.5-yr-olds (12; 5.49; 5.05-6.13), and
8.5-yr olds (11; 8.45; 7.31-9.54).2 None of these children
had been diagnosed with speech/hearing problems, had six
or more ear infections before their second birthday, had an
ear infection at the time of testing, had complications at
birth, or used a foreign language on a regular basis