Zakzouk S M, Bafaqeeh S A
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1996 Nov;105(11):882-6. doi: 10.1177/000348949610501108.
The purpose of this paper is to study the prevalence rate of hearing impairment among children with siblings and family members having hearing and speech disorders. A random survey of 6,421 Saudi infants and children between 2 months and 12 years of age was conducted in the Riyadh area. Children with no or few siblings and those who were firstborn were at relatively higher risk, and there was a strong association between children in the hearing-impaired group among those having living siblings with deafness. Those children who had family members with hearing and speech problems were at twice the risk of their counterpart groups regarding hearing impairment.
本文旨在研究有听力和言语障碍的兄弟姐妹及家庭成员的儿童中听力障碍的患病率。在利雅得地区对6421名年龄在2个月至12岁之间的沙特婴幼儿和儿童进行了随机调查。没有或只有很少兄弟姐妹的儿童以及头胎出生的儿童面临的风险相对较高，并且在有失聪同胞的儿童中，听力受损组的儿童之间存在很强的关联。那些有听力和言语问题家庭成员的儿童在听力障碍方面面临的风险是对照组儿童的两倍。
