CONDUCTIVE DEAFNESS AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE IN CHILDREN BETWEEN NINE AND FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE IN RURAL SOUTH INDIA

Dr. R. Venkataramanan, Dr. S. Ganesh, Dr. Nithish Timothy

Abstract


This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of conductive deafness on school performance of children between
nine and fourteen years. After a detailed history, 327 school children from rural South India were subjected to otoscopic
examination of both ears and tuning fork test. Those subjects who failed the screening tests underwent pure tone
audiometry. 22.3% of the children had conductive hearing impairment. In all the children with conductive hearing loss,
the cause was identified to be a temporary one. Temporary hearing loss was identified in 23.25%, 22.97% and 20.72% of
poor, average and good performers respectively who were classified based on their academic performance during the
study period. On analysis, temporary hearing impairment does not have a significant impact on the school performance
of the children (p>0.05).


Keywords


Deafness, school performance, rural children

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