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

Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2020

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 heå impairment. In all the children with conductive heå loss, the cause was identified to be a temporary one. Temporary heå 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 heå impairment does not have a significant impact on the school performance of the children (p>0.05