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. 2009 Feb;5(1):46-50.
doi: 10.1007/s12519-009-0008-3. Epub 2009 Jan 27.

A practical screening model for hearing loss in Iranian school-aged children

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A practical screening model for hearing loss in Iranian school-aged children

Mozafar Sarafraz et al. World J Pediatr. 2009 Feb.

Abstract

Background: Hearing loss is a common and considerable disability that harms educational performance of school children in developing countries like Iran. Lack of a simple and practical screening protocol often deters routine and systematic hearing screening at school entry.

Methods: This study was to establish a practical screening model for hearing loss in school-aged children based on a community-based, retrospective casecontrol study in Ilam, the capital of Ilam province in Iran. Results from the audiologic and non-audiologic examination of 785 children in primary schools were selected and examined. The non-audiologic evaluation consisted of medical history, general physical examination, while the audiologic assessment consisted of otoscopy, audiometry and tympanometry.

Results: Univariate analysis of non-audiologic variables showed an association between hearing loss and male gender (P<0.05) and the grade of study (P<0.05). The frequency of impaired hearing in the first grade of primary schools was significantly higher than the children in the second grade (P<0.05). In audiologic factors related to impaired hearing, otitis media with effusion (OME) was diagnosed significantly (P<0.05).

Conclusion: Routine screening based on the identification of OME will facilitate the detection of a major amount of hearing impaired school-aged children.

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