dc.contributor.author |
Mahomed-Asmail, Faheema
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dc.contributor.author |
Swanepoel, De Wet
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dc.contributor.author |
Eikelboom, Robert H.
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-04-29T07:15:00Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016-05 |
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dc.description.abstract |
OBJECTIVE : This study aimed to describe the prevalence and characteristics of hearing loss in school-aged
children in an urban South African population.
METHOD : Children from grade one to three from five schools in the Gauteng Province of South Africa
formed a representative sample for this study. All children underwent otoscopic examinations,
tympanometry and pure tone screening (25 dB HL at 1, 2 and 4 kHz). Children who failed the screening
test and 5% of those who passed the screening test underwent diagnostic audiometry.
RESULTS : A total of 1070 children were screened. Otoscopic examinations revealed that a total of 6.6% ears
had cerumen and 7.5% of ears presented with a type-B tympanogram. 24 children (12 male, 12 female)
were diagnosed with hearing loss. The overall prevalence of hearing loss was 2.2% with Caucasian
children being 2.9 times more (95% confidence interval, 1.2–6.9) likely to have a hearing loss than African
children.
CONCLUSION : Hearing loss prevalence in urban South African school-aged children suggest that many
children (2.2%) are in need of some form of follow-up services, most for medical intervention (1.2%) with
a smaller population requiring audiological intervention (0.4%). |
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dc.description.department |
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology |
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dc.description.embargo |
2017-05-31 |
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dc.description.librarian |
hb2016 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
National Research Foundation (NRF) |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ijporl |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Mahomed-Asmail, F, Swanepoel, DW & Eikelboom, RH 2016, 'Hearing loss in urban South African school children (grade 1 to 3)', International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, vol. 84, pp. 27-31. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0165-5876 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1872-8464 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.02.021 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52202 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Elsevier |
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dc.rights |
© 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, vol. 84, pp. 27-31, 2016. doi : 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.02.021. |
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dc.subject |
School screening |
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dc.subject |
Prevalence |
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dc.subject |
Hearing loss |
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dc.subject |
Developing countries |
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dc.subject |
South Africa (SA) |
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dc.title |
Hearing loss in urban South African school children (grade 1 to 3) |
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dc.type |
Postprint Article |
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