Hearing Loss in School Age Children
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
Introduction: The problem of hearing impairment in school age children is often underestimated since it is an invisible disability. It is mostly asymptomatic, and thus easily overlooked. Not many parents, caretakers and teachers understand about the problem and attribute the learning problems of their children to other causes. Methods: The material for the present study were a representative sample constituting 100l children in the age group of 6 – 14 years who attended the Outpatient Department with ear related problems. The children were evaluated for hearing loss and its underlying etiological factors. Children were subjected to detailed ENT examination in our OPD. Results: Hearing impairment in school going children is a prevalent feature. Majority of children were in the age group of 6-10 years and maximum (78%) belonged to the low and middle socio-economic strata. Maximum cases (76%) were seen in rainy and winter season. The hearing loss in majority of cases was of a mild degree of which majority of cases had conductive loss. Wax was found in 22% cases. After excluding wax and fungal debris, the most common cause found was secretory otitis media (50.4%) followed by chronic suppurative otitis media (27.3%). 90% of the children were found to have some kind of behavioural abnormalities. Conclusion: Proper assessment and diagnosis of hearing impairment in children at a very early age is important because an early diagnosis determines the efficacy of methods used for the correction of the hearing impairment.
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Anil Suri, Gopika Kalsotra, Asma Ahmed, Sonika Kotwal
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