underachievement linked to ear infections as a kid

[emmalily]

thought this was interesting:

 

18. Many cases of underachievement are linked to chronic early ear infections (9 or more in the first three years), with residual effects of auditory sequential

processing deficits and attentional problems. Spelling, arithmetic, handwriting, rote memorization, attention, and motivation to do written work are all typically affected.

 

http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/What_is_Gifted/learned.htm

[momcap]

Thanks for posting this Emmalily! I found several of those points very interesting. Oddly enough my chronic ear-infection DS4 is my most outgoing and highest achiever. He's a smarty-pants & a show off. (But he's cute so he pulls it off!) PANDAS DS7 is so oppositional that we may never know how smart he really is.