Tinnitus in children with hearing loss.
The results are reported of a survey of tinnitus in deaf children in secondary-school age. Of 158 children in five units for the partially hearing and two schools for the deaf. 78 were found to have tinnitus. The tinnitus was constant in two children and intermittent in the remaining 76. The frequency with which the tinnitus occurred, and its duration and loudness, are reported. Some children claimed that tinnitus reduced their hearing ability and speech discrimination. It some, tinnitus was associated with headache or vertigo. When it was unilateral, tinnitus was more commonly on the side of the better-hearing ear. A group of children was defined in whom the tinnitus had features that made it a particularly troublesome symptom.
D002648:Child; D003638:Deafness / Q000150:complications*; D006306:Health Surveys; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology