Hearing screening of school age children (aged between7-12 years old)
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Abdollah Mousavi * , Mahin Sedaie |
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Abstract: (9703 Views) |
In the current study the hearing of 400 ears of male and female students were examined. The gola of this study was to:1. Determine the possibility of hearing loss in the mentioned age group.2. Find out whether gender can affect hearing loss or not?The results of this study are as follows:1. 8.5% of the examined ears appeared to be impacted by cerumen in otoscopic evaluation.2. 11.6% of the ears manifested to suffer tympanic membrane abnormalities.3. The rate of tymapanic membrane abnormalities and hearing loss in the examined girls was higher than boys. |
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Keywords: hearing screening, impacted serumen, Hearing loss |
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Type of Study: Research |
Accepted: 2013/08/24 | Published: 2017/09/24
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