Profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in Nigerian children: Any shift in etiology?

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-118

  Dunmade, A D ^a   Segun Busari, S ^a   Olajide, T G ^a   Ologe, Foluo E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33845407456     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enl019     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Alberti, P. W. (1997). Noise and the ear. In S. Daffyds & A. G. Kerr (Eds.), Scott Brown's otolaryngology. Adult audiology. (6th ed., pp. 2/11/1-2/11/28). London: Butterworth/Heinemann.
2. Anstey, K. W. (2002). Are attempts to have impaired children justified? Journal of Medical Ethics, 28, 286-288.
3. Barton, M. E., Court, S. D., & Walker, W. (1962). Causes of severe deafness in school children in Northumberland and Durham. British Medical Journal, 1, 351-355.
4. Bondi, F. S. (1992). The incidence and outcome of neurological abnormalities in childhood cerebral malaria. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 86, 17-19.
5. Brobby, G. W. (1988). Causes of congenital and acquired total sensorineural hearing loss in Ghanaian children. Tropical Doctor, 18, 30-32.
6. Campbell, K. (1998). Basic audiology assessment. In J. Dauhaeur (Ed.), Essential audiology for physicians (1st ed., pp. 1-11). London: Singular Publishing Ltd.
7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2006). Resurgence of wild poliovirus type 1 transmission and consequences of importation - 21 countries, 2002-2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 55(6), 145-150.
8. Chukuezi, A. B. (1991). Profound and total deafness in Owerri, Nigeria. East African Medical Journal, 68, 905-912.
9. David, J. B., Edoo, B. B., Mustafah, J. F. O., & Hinchcliffe, R. A. (1971). A deaf village. Sound Journal, 5, 70-72.
10. Ehiri, J. E., Oyo-Ita, A. E., Anyanwu, E. C., Meremikwu, M.M., & Ikpeme, M. B. (2005). Quality of child health services in primary health care facilities in south-east Nigeria. Child: Care, Health and Development, 31, 181-191.
11. Holborow, C., Martinson, F. D., & Anger, N. (1982). A study of deafness in West Africa. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 4, 107-132.
12. Ijaduola, G. T. A. (1982). The problems of the profoundly deaf Nigerian child. Postgraduate Doctor-Africa, 4, 180-184.
13. Kapur, Y. P. (1970). Study of the aetiology and pattern of deafness in a school for the deaf in Madras. In Polish Association of the Deaf (Ed.), Fifth Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, Warsaw, August 10-17, 1967 (457 p.). Warshau: Polish Scientific Publisher.
14. Lasisi, A. O., & Ajuwon, A. J. (2002). Beliefs and perception of ear, nose, and throat-related conditions among residents of a traditional community in Ibadan, Nigeria. African Journal of Medicine & Medical Sciences, 31, 45-48.
15. Levy, N. (2002). Deafness, culture, and choice. Journal of Medical Ethics, 28, 284-285.
16. Mc Pherson, B., & Holborrow, C. A. (1985). A study of deafness in West Africa: The Gambian hearing Project. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 10, 115-135.
17. O'Connor, A. F. (1997). Examination of the ear. In A. G. Kerr & J. B. Booth (Eds.), Scott Brown's otolaryngology: Otology (6th ed., pp. 3/1/ 1-3/1/29). Oxford, England: Butterworth/Heinemann.
18. Ologe, F. E., & Akande, T. M. (2003). Pattern of disabilities in a residential school of the handicapped in Ilorin, Nigeria. The Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 10, 208-210.
19. Ologe, F. E., Okoro, E. O., & Oyejola, B. A. (2005). Hearing function in Nigerian children with a family history of type 2 diabetes. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 69, 387-391.
20. Owoeye, J. F. A., Ologe, F. E., & Akande, T. M. (in press). Medical students' perspectives of blindness, deafness, and deafblindness. Disability and Rehabilitation.
21. Sellars, S., Beighton, G., Horan, F., & Beighton, P. H. (1977). Deafness in black children in South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 51, 309-312.
22. Sellars, S., & Beighton, P. (1983). Childhood deafness in southern Africa. An aetiological survey of 3,064 deaf children. Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 97, 885-889.
23. World Health Organization. (1997). Prevention of noise induced hearing loss. Report of WHO-PDH Informal Consultation, Geneva 28-30 October 1997, Strategies for Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Impairment, 3, WHO/PDH/98.5. Geneva, Switzerland: Author.
24. Wright, A. D. O. (1991). The aetiology of childhood deafness in Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association Journal, 6, 31-45.
25. Wright, A. D. O., & Leigh, B. (1995). The impact of the expanded program on immunization on measles induced sensorineural hearing loss in the western area of Sierra Leone. West African Journal of Medicne, 14, 205-209.