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Relevant demographic factors and hearing impairment in Saudi children: epidemiological study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Sameer Ali Bafaqeeh ,
Siraj M. Zakzouk ,
Hamad Al Muhaimeid  and
Abdulrahman Essa
Sameer Ali Bafaqeeh*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
Siraj M. Zakzouk
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
Hamad Al Muhaimeid
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman Essa
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
*
Dr Sameer Ali Bafaqeeh, Department of ORL, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Po Box 245, Riyadh 11411, Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

A representative sample of 6421 Saudi children were clinically examined and screened for hearing loss. Hearing impairment was detected in 494 children (7.7 per cent). In 326 of the children it was due to chronic secretory and suppurative otitis media (5.07 per cent) and in 168 of them sensorineural hearing loss (2.6 per cent).

The study revealed that parental education, low income, and employment of the mother showed a slightly higher at risk rate of hearing impairment. Children from related parents were also at a higher risk of hearing impairment and they demonstrated a marked adverse effect on the incidence of hereditary sensorineural hearing impairment. Comparison with other surveys of school children in developed and developing countries has been carried out.

Keywords

Hearing losssensorineuralOtitis media with effusionOtitis mediaSocioeconomic factorsDemographyDeveloping Countries

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 4 , April 1994 , pp. 294 - 298
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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