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Descriptive Patterns of Deafness Among Pre-School Saudi Children Aged Two to Five Years Visiting Neurology Clinic From 2012 to 2017
Background Early childhood years are very important and crucial periods for developing different developmental milestones. Hearing loss is considered to be one of the most commonly detectable problems, which often goes unnoticed or not given proper attention due to the lack of screening modalities o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7654562/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33194462 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10893 |
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author | Elmalik, Salah Alshawi, Saleh AlQahtani, Ahmed Moraya AlShammasi, Hassan S Alruwaili, Ahmed Aldughaim, Ahmad Alkhalifa, Saleh Abdullah |
author_facet | Elmalik, Salah Alshawi, Saleh AlQahtani, Ahmed Moraya AlShammasi, Hassan S Alruwaili, Ahmed Aldughaim, Ahmad Alkhalifa, Saleh Abdullah |
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description | Background Early childhood years are very important and crucial periods for developing different developmental milestones. Hearing loss is considered to be one of the most commonly detectable problems, which often goes unnoticed or not given proper attention due to the lack of screening modalities or the inability of parents or guardians to recognize it in early stages. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the pattern of differences pertaining to hearing loss among pre-school children of various age groups to better approach this issue in a systemic and fundamental manner, so that better care and treatment can be provided to children suffering from deafness. Methods This study involved a descriptive, retrospective chart review in two hospital settings, and it was conducted at the department of physiology (neurophysiology) of King Abdulaziz and King Khalid University Hospitals at the King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh during the period of 2012-2017. A total of 324 pre-school Saudi children from the age of two to five years were involved and tested by brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) to assess deafness. Results A total of 324 patients underwent the BAEP test; of them, 199 (61.4%) were males and 125 (38.6%) were females. Regarding the age groups, the most common age group was that of two-year-olds with 117 (36.1%) participants, followed by three-year-olds with 80 (24.7%) children, four-year-olds with 73 (22.5%) patients, and five-year-olds with 54 (16.7%) participants. Furthermore, there were 220 (67.9%) patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), 92 (28.4%) with conductive hearing loss (CHL), four (1.2%) with mixed hearing loss (MHL), and eight (2.5%) with normal audiometry. The normal hearing threshold was determined to be 20 dB, and the mean value for the hearing threshold of the SNHL in the right ear was found to be 43.45 ± 25.85, while the left-ear mean value was 44.54 ± 28.78. The mean value of the hearing threshold in CHL of the right ear was 50.96 ± 22.23, while that of the left ear was 47.85 ± 22.74. Lastly, the mean value of the hearing threshold in MHL of the right ear was 80.00 ± 21.21, while that of the left ear was 73.75 ± 18.87. Conclusion SNHL was the most common type (67.9%) of pre-school hearing loss in Saudi Children attending the neurophysiology clinic at KSU hospitals between 2012-2017, while MHL constituted the most severe cases. |
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spelling | pubmed-76545622020-11-12 Descriptive Patterns of Deafness Among Pre-School Saudi Children Aged Two to Five Years Visiting Neurology Clinic From 2012 to 2017 Elmalik, Salah Alshawi, Saleh AlQahtani, Ahmed Moraya AlShammasi, Hassan S Alruwaili, Ahmed Aldughaim, Ahmad Alkhalifa, Saleh Abdullah Cureus Neurology Background Early childhood years are very important and crucial periods for developing different developmental milestones. Hearing loss is considered to be one of the most commonly detectable problems, which often goes unnoticed or not given proper attention due to the lack of screening modalities or the inability of parents or guardians to recognize it in early stages. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the pattern of differences pertaining to hearing loss among pre-school children of various age groups to better approach this issue in a systemic and fundamental manner, so that better care and treatment can be provided to children suffering from deafness. Methods This study involved a descriptive, retrospective chart review in two hospital settings, and it was conducted at the department of physiology (neurophysiology) of King Abdulaziz and King Khalid University Hospitals at the King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh during the period of 2012-2017. A total of 324 pre-school Saudi children from the age of two to five years were involved and tested by brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) to assess deafness. Results A total of 324 patients underwent the BAEP test; of them, 199 (61.4%) were males and 125 (38.6%) were females. Regarding the age groups, the most common age group was that of two-year-olds with 117 (36.1%) participants, followed by three-year-olds with 80 (24.7%) children, four-year-olds with 73 (22.5%) patients, and five-year-olds with 54 (16.7%) participants. Furthermore, there were 220 (67.9%) patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), 92 (28.4%) with conductive hearing loss (CHL), four (1.2%) with mixed hearing loss (MHL), and eight (2.5%) with normal audiometry. The normal hearing threshold was determined to be 20 dB, and the mean value for the hearing threshold of the SNHL in the right ear was found to be 43.45 ± 25.85, while the left-ear mean value was 44.54 ± 28.78. The mean value of the hearing threshold in CHL of the right ear was 50.96 ± 22.23, while that of the left ear was 47.85 ± 22.74. Lastly, the mean value of the hearing threshold in MHL of the right ear was 80.00 ± 21.21, while that of the left ear was 73.75 ± 18.87. Conclusion SNHL was the most common type (67.9%) of pre-school hearing loss in Saudi Children attending the neurophysiology clinic at KSU hospitals between 2012-2017, while MHL constituted the most severe cases. Cureus 2020-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7654562/ /pubmed/33194462 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10893 Text en Copyright © 2020, Elmalik et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Elmalik, Salah Alshawi, Saleh AlQahtani, Ahmed Moraya AlShammasi, Hassan S Alruwaili, Ahmed Aldughaim, Ahmad Alkhalifa, Saleh Abdullah Descriptive Patterns of Deafness Among Pre-School Saudi Children Aged Two to Five Years Visiting Neurology Clinic From 2012 to 2017 |
title | Descriptive Patterns of Deafness Among Pre-School Saudi Children Aged Two to Five Years Visiting Neurology Clinic From 2012 to 2017 |
title_full | Descriptive Patterns of Deafness Among Pre-School Saudi Children Aged Two to Five Years Visiting Neurology Clinic From 2012 to 2017 |
title_fullStr | Descriptive Patterns of Deafness Among Pre-School Saudi Children Aged Two to Five Years Visiting Neurology Clinic From 2012 to 2017 |
title_full_unstemmed | Descriptive Patterns of Deafness Among Pre-School Saudi Children Aged Two to Five Years Visiting Neurology Clinic From 2012 to 2017 |
title_short | Descriptive Patterns of Deafness Among Pre-School Saudi Children Aged Two to Five Years Visiting Neurology Clinic From 2012 to 2017 |
title_sort | descriptive patterns of deafness among pre-school saudi children aged two to five years visiting neurology clinic from 2012 to 2017 |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7654562/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33194462 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10893 |
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