Clinical Evaluation of Hearing- impaired Children: Study on 169 cases

A prospective study of 169 children when compliments of possible hearing loss who attend to ENT OPD of Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital within the period of 2010 - June 2013 at the age between 2-5 years. Among the children 102 (60%) were diagnosed having hearing loss. Male and female ratio was 1.3:1. Large age group was between 2-3 yrs. Measles (18.37%) was the leading childhood infection, exposure to passive smoking (52.63%). Birth history evalution showed foctal deshur (33.13%), low apger score (24.26%), hyperbilirubinemia (52.66%). Physical examination revealed variety offending including small (7.10%) and long (5.33%) stature, persistent otorrhoea (11.24%), and cleft lip (5.32%), cleft platate (3.55%). Sensorineural (74.53%) and conductive (25.47%) type of deafness was found.