title: Incidence of hearing impairment among rural and urban school going children: a survey.
abstract: A total of 1,670 school going children (urban 1030 and rural 640) in the age range of 12-14 years were screened for hearing loss during a survey conducted by the Department of Otolaryngology of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. 6.31% of cases in the urban group were found to be having hearing loss as compared to 32.81% of cases in the rural group. Secretory otitis media was found to be the commonest cause of hearing impairment in both the urban and rural group accounting for 5.33% and 33.59% respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Nagarkar
authors.lastname: Dharamvir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003638:Deafness / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*