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Case Reports
. 1997 Spring;30(1):165-7.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.1997.30-165.

Functional analysis of episodic self-injury correlated with recurrent otitis media

M F O'Reilly  1
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Functional analysis of episodic self-injury correlated with recurrent otitis media

M F O'Reilly. J Appl Behav Anal. 1997 Spring.

Abstract

A functional analysis examined the consequences that maintained episodic self-injury and the relationship between those consequences and otitis media for a child with moderate developmental disabilities. Results indicated that self-injury occurred only during periods of otitis media. Otitis media may have served as an establishing operation related to escape from ambient noise.

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