Open AccessBera in high risk children a 5 year hearing evaluation
Author(s) -
Ramanuj Bansal,
Arun Agarwal
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf03021333
Subject(s) - medicine , hearing loss , audiology , otorhinolaryngology , incidence (geometry) , conductive hearing loss , asphyxia , head and neck surgery , risk factor , pediatrics , surgery , physics , optics
Very few studies have been done all over the world to find out incidence of hearing loss associated with different risk factors. The objective of this study was to find out incidence of hearing loss in children from High Risk category especially in reference to individual risk factor. Out of 593 children (0-5 year) from High Risk category subjected to B.E.R.A. over last 5 years, 126 (21.4%) showed hearing loss. 202 children (34.06%) from Birth Asphyxia category formed the largest group. Patients with Head and Neck anomaly showed maximum hearing loss (91.66%). 101 (80.15 %) children showed bilateral hearing loss. 57 Ears (4.80%), 67 Ears (5.64%), 99 Ears (8.34%) showed Mild, Moderate and Severe hearing loss respectively. 152 ears (71.31%), 67 ears (29.90%), 4 ears (1.79%) showed Cochlear, Retrocochlear and conductive hearing loss.