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Volume 17, Issue 12

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Original Contribution

Level of Patient Empathy among medical students of Saudi Medical College: A Cross-sectional Survey
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Farzana Rizwan Arain
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93706

Returnee’s Depression Epidemiology among Secondary School Students in Tikrit-Iraq after Internal Displacement
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Islam AR Zaradwy
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93707

Accuracy of Pap smear in cervical cancer screening
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Zainab Ali Issa, Hamssa Hussein Aloan, Asan Ali Qasim Al Niyazee
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93708

Prevalence of Dry Eye Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
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Hiba Abdelmageed Younis, Zinah Yahya Jawad Al-Quzweeni
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93709

Knowledge and awareness of health practice during pregnancy among females of Jeddah City in Saudi Arabia
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Rehab Alsaleh, Abdullah K. Alassiri, Asalah F. Hamad, Huda A. Bahasan, Nouf M. Alasiri, Maha A. Aljudaibi
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93710

Knowledge and awareness of age related eye diseases in the population of the western region of Saudi Arabia
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Intessar Sultan, Mohammed G. Alsaedi, Fatima A. Ahmed, Khalid F. Alharbi, Nouf M.Alasiri
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93711

Fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis patients; association with mood status, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study
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Jamal A. Albishri, Anhar A. Algurashi, Ameenah A. Alkhaldi, Hadeel M. Assami, Shroug R. Almalki, Reema F. Aloufi
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93712

Mid-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Single Private Institution
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Alaa Jaber Othman , Nouf Alasiri, Yasser Tohme, Samer M AlAthath, Tariq M Awidah , Ahmed Bazuhair, Ahmed Alathath, Mohammed AlGabbani, Haytham Alabbas, Tahir Yunus
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93713

Population and Community Health

Breastfeeding knowledge, attitude and practice among mothers attending Maternity Hospital at King Faisal Medical complex, Taif city, Saudi Arabia 2018
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Afnan Faleh Alharthi, Rawan Nawar Al-Holaifi, Bayan Abdullah Alnemari, Asayel Abdullah Alosaimi, Asmaa Dhafer Alamri, Adil Ali Nassir Ahmed Ayed
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93715

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice About Epilepsy among Elementary School teachers in Taif City, Saudi Arabia
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Wardah M. Alharthi , Shrouq R. Almalki , MBBS, Ameenah A. Alkhaldi , Nouf M. Althobati, Ayman Abdelbaky Atalah, Naif Edah Alomairi
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.9371682

Awareness and knowledge of congenital infections (TORCH) among women and health care providers in Al Taif area Saudi Arabia
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Manal A. Elnashar, Nisreen Kh. Aref, Ruba G. Qadi, Aishah A. Al-kabi, Jameela A. ALMathami
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93714

School-entry Screening Program for Ear and Hearing Problems in Tikrit, Iraq
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Islam AR Zaradwy
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93717

Knowledge and awareness of community about pediatric nocturnal enuresis in Taif city, 2018
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Amjaad F. Algethami , Norah M. Alotaibi , Hanaa A. Alrbeeai , Hind A. Al humayani , Najmah A. Alotaibi, Nada E. Algethami
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93718

Knowledge of diabetes mellitus risk factors and complications among the students at Taif University
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Abdullah S. Almalki, Nada A. Almalki, Asrar A. Althubaiti, Ghadder F. Althubaiti, Najwa S. Alotaibi, Hanan A. Alshahrani
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93721

Case Report

CDH3 mutation associated with ectodermal dysplasia and hair abnormalities
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Afnan Hasanain, Mohammed G. Alsaedi , Maram A. Aljohani, Shereen M. Abd El-Ghany, Abdulmonem Almutawa
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.93720



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December 2019 - Volume 17, Issue 12

School-entry Screening Program for Ear and Hearing Problems in Tikrit, Iraq

(1) Assistant Prof Surgical Department, Tikrit College of Medicine, Iraq
(2) Assistant Prof Community medicine Department, Tikrit College of Medicine, Iraq
(3) Student, Tikrit College of Medicine, Iraq

Corresponding author:
Islam AR Zaradwy
Tikrit College of Medicine,
Iraq
Email: islam.A.Rifaat37000@st.tu.edu.iq

Received: October 2019; Accepted: November 2019; Published: December 1, 2019. Citation: Salim H. Al-Obeidy, Zeena N. Abdulrahman, Islam AR Zaradwy. School-entry Screening Program for Ear and Hearing Problems in Tikrit, Iraq. World Family Medicine. 2019; 17(12): 91- 94.
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2019.9371

Abstract


Introduction:
Hearing is the most essential perceptive sense for child development, especially in the childhood period, facilitating the ability of the child to interact with the surrounding environment and other persons. Hearing deprivation can have dangerous complications on different aspects of childhood development, like acquisition of speech and language and pre-reading skills. This study aimed at performing hearing screening of children aged 6 years to detect the prevalence, incidence, and degree of hearing loss in this age group.

Patients and methods: This is a cross sectional study, which involved a randomly selected sample of 425 students from primary school children in Tikrit, of age of school entry (6 years); 850 ears, were examined and screened for ear and hearing problems. A questionnaire was designed to collect information concerning patients’ age, history of impairment of hearing, duration, onset, family history of ear problems (including impairment of hearing, discharging ear, vertigo, otalgia, nasal obstruction, recurrent tonsillitis), prenatal, natal and post natal period history, and impaired performance in school or disabilities of learning. Full E.N.T examination was done stressing on the ear examination. For all students with risk factors and having clinical hearing problems, pure tone audiometery was carried out.

Results: This study involved screening of a randomly selected number of (425) students and examination of 850 ears at the main primary health care center inTikrit city. Females constituted 342 (80.6%) versus 83 (19.4%) males. Impacted wax was found in 3 patients but they were excluded from the study because they regained hearing function after removal of wax. Hearing loss was found in 30 students, (7.1%) of the study sample. Hearing Impairment (HI) was found in thirty students from a total of 425 students (7.1%) in this age group, twenty eight of the Hearing Impaired students (6.63%) had conductive hearing loss, and the remaining two students between (0.47%) had Sensori Neural Hearing Loss (SNHL).

Conclusion: The commonest type of hearing loss in children is Conductive Hearing Loss (CHL) which is amenable for medical or surgical treatment. But the SNHL is due to genetic or postnatal causes and is usually permanent and needs hearing aids to improve school performance and normal social communication ability.

Key words: Hearing Screening Program in School, Hearing Problems in schools students.



 


 

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