Hearing impairment and ear diseases in rural part of Haryana
Journal Title: IP Indian Journal of Anatomy and Surgery of Head, Neck and Brain - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
The limitations in hearing screening methods execution of treatment plans forms a dearth insight to identify hearing disorders at earliest in the rural parts of India The current study was conducted to analyze the distribution of hearing impairment among the cluster of villages in Pachgaon of Gurgaon District Haryana A total of 738 participants participated in the survey There were 13 questions adapted from similar kind of studies which was related to selfassessment of hearing quality and history of any kind of pathological condition The outcome of present questionnairebased investigation revealed that a good percentage of population in rural part of Haryana were at risk of hearing loss The finding of the present study also showed that population in the age range of 8 to 17 years were having more prevalence of ear discharge than higher age group Proper measure should be taken by audiologists and government for management of hearing loss among these population to enhance their quality of hearing and life Keywords Haryana Hearing Loss India Rural
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Himanshu Kumar Sanju, Arun Kumar Yadav
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