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Hearing loss among primary school –age children in Tikrit city. | ||
| Medical Journal of Tikrit | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 121, 2012, Pages 29-34 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Salim H. Muharam; Salim H. Al-Obeidy; Ashoor R. Sarhat | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Hearing loss is a chronic health problem, it cause learning & communication problemsthroughout the life, Because most of the causes of hearing loss can be treated, so early detection &proper management of hearing loss will improve the social & intellectual performance of the child.The aim of this study is o evaluate the hearing loss in school-age children in Tikrit primaryschools. Clinical examination of the ear including otoscopy, tuning fork tests & pure toneaudiometry have been done for students with risk factor causing hearing loss, and for studentsclinically having hearing loss. From the total of one thousand two hundred forty students wereexamined, seventy three students (5.15%) have hearing impairment. Conductive hearing loss ispresent in sixty seven students (4.72%) which are more than sensory neural hearing loss thatpresent in six students (0.42%). Otitis media with effusion was the commonest cause of conductivehearing loss (73%) then chronic supportive otitis media (27%). Average hearing loss was 30 dB inconductive hearing loss and 50 dB in sensory neural hearing loss. The commonest age groupaffected by hearing loss is the age group between (6-8) years where we find thirty students (7.1%),then the age group between (8-10) years where we find twenty seven students (6.14%). Schoolperformance affected more in patient with sensory neural hearing loss. Six students (100%) withsensory neural hearing loss had bad school performance while in conductive hearing loss onlytwenty five students (34.47%) have bad school performance as success, ability to share or delay inunderstanding. We conclude that Hearing impairment is a major problem in early life because itaffects school performance and normal social communication ability, so early detection of hearingloss and appropriate management is essential to improve social and intellectual performance of thechild. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hearing loss among primary school | ||
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