Journal of Audiological Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 1-11

Chronic otitis media and hearing loss among schoolchildren in a refugee camp in Angola: A prevelance study (Article)

Bastos I.* , Ingvarsson L. , Andreasson L. , Reimer A.
  • a ENT Department, University of Lund, Malmo General Hospital, S-214 01 Malmo, Sweden
  • b ENT Department, University of Lund, Malmo General Hospital, S-214 01 Malmo, Sweden
  • c ENT Department, University of Lund, Malmo General Hospital, S-214 01 Malmo, Sweden
  • d ENT Department, University of Lund, Malmo General Hospital, S-214 01 Malmo, Sweden

Abstract

To determine the prevalence of chronic otitis media (COM) and of hearing impairment, otoscopy and hearing screening were performed in 619 schoolchildren in a refugee camp in Angola. Their general state of health was also examined. Considering refugee children as a high-risk group for infectious diseases, the prevalence of COM was lower than might be expected, 3.4%, and equalled the one found in our earlier study among Angolan urban schoolchildren. Two children out of 619 (0.3%) had a hearing impairment of >30 dB in the better hearing ear. The well-functioning health care in the refugee camp may be a possible explanation of the comparatively low prevalence rates.

Author Keywords

hearing loss chronic otitis media schoolchildren Refugee camp

Index Keywords

male Angola female major clinical study chronic otitis media hearing loss Article human school child Adolescent
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ISSN: 09637133
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English