Background: Hearing loss in school going children causes behavioral complications and also it causes impact on childrens’ academic
achievement. It largely remains undetected; the aim of this study is to ascertain the percentage of hearing impaired children in a school
in village Dasauli of Lucknow district.
Methods: A Cross-sectional study was conducted to calculate the prevalence of hearing impairment in school children aged 6 years to 17
years in Techno school of village Dasauli in district Lucknow during month of July 2017 to December 2017. The students’ aural
examination and audiological tests were performed by qualified Otolaryngologist and Audiologist respectively.
Results: This study was conducted among 597 school children of age group of 6 to 17 years. 95(15.9%) children were suffering from
hearing impairment. Maximum 67 (70.5%) individuals had Wax, followed by 20 (21.0%) individuals had Chronic Otitis media, 7 (8.2%)
individuals had Serous Otitis media and minimum number of individuals belongs to Post operative case of MRM (Modified Radical
Mastoidectomy).
Conclusions: The hearing loss could lead to delay in the development in speech and language which leads to learning problems which in
turn leads to poor academic achievements. As inference drawn from the present study that school screening is the most effective method
of diagnosing deafness in school age children, this program should be extended to all school in all the areas to know the disease burden in
society and early measure can be taken to avoid any disability
Real Time Impact Factor:
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Author Name: RanveerSingh,Pankaj Kumar Verma,JayaGupta,AusafAhmad,Amit Kumar Srivastava
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Keywords: Hearing impairment, Audiometry, Prevalence, Cross-sectional study.
ISSN: 0974-5262
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EOI/DOI: 10.21176/ojolhns.2018.12.1.5
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