Hearing loss in preschool children from a low income South African community

dc.contributor.authorHussein, Shouneez Yousuf
dc.contributor.authorSwanepoel, De Wet
dc.contributor.authorMahomed-Asmail, Faheema
dc.contributor.authorBiagio-de Jager, Leigh
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-09T12:06:42Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE : This study aimed to determine and describe hearing loss among preschool children in a South African community representative of typical low- and middle income countries (LMIC). METHOD : Children between the ages of 3–6 years received a hearing screening at their early childhood development (ECD) center. If a child failed the hearing screening, he/she was seen for a follow-up rescreen and diagnostic assessment if necessary at their ECD center or closest referral clinic. Diagnostic testing consisted of otoscopy, tympanommetry and pure-tone diagnostic audiometry. RESULTS : A total of 6424 children were screened at ECD centers with a referral rate of 24.9%. Follow-up assessments were conducted on 45.3% (725) of these children. Diagnostic testing revealed that 9.3% of children presented with impacted cerumen and 18.7% presented with a hearing loss (56.5% binaural). Binary logistic regression revealed no gender or age effects (p > 0.05). Conductive hearing loss (65.2%) was the most common type of hearing loss found in children. CONCLUSIONS : Most preschool children who failed the hearing screening and received a diagnostic assessment were in need of intervention services for conductive hearing losses, followed by sensorineural and mixed losses.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSpeech-Language Pathology and Audiologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2019-12-01
dc.description.librarianhj2019en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, in collaboration with the South African Humanities Deans Association.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.elsevier.com/locate/ijporlen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHussein, S.Y., Swanepoel, D., Mahomed-Asmail, F. et al. 2018, 'Hearing loss in preschool children from a low income South African community', International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, vol. 115, pp. 145-148.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0165-5876 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1872-8464 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.09.032
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/69076
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.rights© 2018 Elsevier B.V. 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. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, vol. 115, pp. 145-148, 2018. doi : 10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.09.032.en_ZA
dc.subjectHearing lossen_ZA
dc.subjectPreschool childrenen_ZA
dc.subjectLow- and middle-income countries (LMICs)en_ZA
dc.subjectEarly childhood development (ECD)en_ZA
dc.titleHearing loss in preschool children from a low income South African communityen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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