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- Title
Results of hearing screening in nursery school children aged 5--6 years.
- Authors
Nykiel, K.; Włodarczyk, K.; Skarżyński, P. H.
- Abstract
Objectives: The aim of the current study was to evaluate the hearing of nursery school children using self-constructed survey and a well-established screening tool: Sensory Examination Platform (SEP). Material: Nursery children attending a single kindergarten in Warsaw, Poland, were included in the analysis. The eligibility criteria were child's age ≥5 years old, child being mature enough to undergo a pure-tone audiometry using SEP and being healthy on the examination day. Methods: The audiometric measurement were conducted in a separate room in the quiet part of the kindergarten. Self-constructed survey consisted of questions regarding the existence of hearing problems in a child, the occurrence of child's asking for repetitions of questions or information, the existence of tinnitus, the existence of listening to loud music by a child, previous history of otological treatment and complaining of the child to excessive noise at nursery school. Every question had two possible answers: "yes" or "no". The survey was filled in by a parents before completing the audiometric measurement. The positive hearing screening result was established when a hearing threshold of at least 25 dB HL was observed for at least one frequency (250--4000 Hz) in at least one ear. Results: Into the study we included 122 children aged 5 to 6 years. There were 48% of girls and 52% of boys. Positive hearing screening results was observed in 24% of children. There is a significant difference between the percentage of unilateral hearing loss (72%) and the percentage of bilateral hearing loss (28%). Based on the self-report survey, 63.6% of children, whom parents answred "yes" for the question regarding the existence of hearing problems in a child, have positive hearing screening results. Also 60% of children, whom parents reported that their child listens to the loud music, have their results incorrect. Conclusions: Hearing impairment seems to be a frequent problem among nursery school children. The results of this study indicate that hearing screening in nursery schools could enable even earlier diagnosis of hearing impairments in children. It is especially important considering observed lack of awareness about the hearing loss existence in nursery children among parents.
- Subjects
POLAND; HEARING disorder diagnosis; CONFERENCES &; conventions; AUDIOMETRY; SCHOOL children
- Publication
Journal of Hearing Science, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 1, p186
- ISSN
2083-389X
- Publication type
Article