Department of Audiology, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur.
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2022 Aug;72(8):1544-1546. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.3879.
To find out the common causes of hearing loss among young children, and to compare the causes along gender lines.
The cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2020 to March 2021 at two government hospitals and one private clinic in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, and comprised children of either gender aged <8 years with complaint of decreased hearing. They were examined and tested for hearing impairment. Data was analysed using SPSS 22.
Of the 328 subjects, 164(50%) each were girls and boys. The overall mean age was 4.20±2.08 years. Sensorineural hearing loss was found in 178(54.3%), cases, conductive in 118(36%) and mixed type in 32(9.8%). Otitis media with effusion 89(27.1%) was the commonest cause of hearing impairment, followed by consanguinity 73(22.3%). There was no significant difference between the male and female children (p>0.05).
Otitis media with effusion was the commonest cause of hearing impairment, followed by consanguinity. Gender had no significant role to play in this regard.
找出导致幼儿听力损失的常见原因，并比较不同性别导致听力损失的原因。
本横断面研究于 2020 年 9 月至 2021 年 3 月在巴基斯坦白沙瓦的两家政府医院和一家私人诊所进行，纳入年龄<8 岁、有听力下降主诉的儿童。对他们进行了检查和听力测试。使用 SPSS 22 对数据进行分析。
328 名受试者中，女孩和男孩各有 164 名（50%）。总体平均年龄为 4.20±2.08 岁。178 例（54.3%）为感音神经性听力损失，118 例（36%）为传导性听力损失，32 例（9.8%）为混合性听力损失。分泌性中耳炎 89 例（27.1%）是听力障碍的常见原因，其次是近亲结婚 73 例（22.3%）。男童和女童之间无显著差异（p>0.05）。
分泌性中耳炎是听力障碍的最常见原因，其次是近亲结婚。在这方面，性别没有起到显著作用。
