Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin. PMB 1515, Ilorin, 240003, Nigeria.
Department of Behavioural Sciences. College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Afr Health Sci. 2022 Jun;22(2):695-703. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i2.79.
Good hearing is essential to learning and rehabilitation of adolescent and young adults in juvenile correctional facilities. Hearing screening programme is not commonly in place for this incarcerated group.
To evaluate hearing threshold among inmates of a juvenile correctional facility in Nigeria and compare pattern of hearing loss with a control group.
A total of 135 inmates and equal number of age and sex matched control responded to interviewer-administered questionnaire followed by otoscopy and audiometry.
Mean age of inmates was 19 years ±2.0, while that of control was 18yrs ± 2.5. (p-value 0.077). Four (3%) inmates had bleeding from the ear; otoscopy revealed traumatic tympanic membrane perforation in 2(1.5%) of them. Prevalence of hearing loss was 19.2% and for disabling hearing loss it was 1.4%. Conductive hearing loss was the most common 33(24.4%). Inmates had consistently worse mean hearing thresholds than controls across all frequencies tested in both ears (p-value <0.001).
Hearing loss is prevalent among inmates of juvenile correctional facility. Rehabilitation programme should be balanced with detail attention to health needs of inmates; including pre-admission and periodic hearing screening.
良好的听力对于青少年和青年在少年管教所的学习和康复至关重要。然而，听力筛查计划在这个被监禁的群体中并不常见。
评估尼日利亚一所少年管教所囚犯的听力阈值，并将听力损失模式与对照组进行比较。
共有 135 名囚犯和数量相等的年龄和性别匹配的对照组接受了访谈者管理的问卷调查，随后进行了耳镜检查和听力测试。
囚犯的平均年龄为 19 岁±2.0，而对照组的平均年龄为 18 岁±2.5。（p 值为 0.077）。有 4 名（3%）囚犯耳朵出血；其中 2 名（1.5%）的耳镜检查显示外伤性鼓膜穿孔。听力损失的患病率为 19.2%，而失能性听力损失的患病率为 1.4%。最常见的是传导性听力损失，有 33 例（24.4%）。在所有测试频率下，囚犯的平均听力阈值均明显差于对照组（双耳均为 p 值<0.001）。
少年管教所的囚犯中听力损失较为普遍。康复计划应与囚犯的健康需求相平衡，包括入院前和定期的听力筛查。
