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ArticleAudiology research2021

Hearing Screening among First-Grade Children in Rural Areas and Small Towns in Małopolskie Voivodeship, Poland.

Weronika Swierniak, Piotr Henryk Skarzynski, Elzbieta Gos, Natalia Czajka, Monika Matusiak, Patryk Hartwich, Magdalena Beata Skarzynska

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Article in Audiology research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Weronika SwierniakDepartment of Teleaudiology and Screening, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6005-8621
Piotr Henryk SkarzynskiDepartment of Teleaudiology and Screening, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4978-1915
Elzbieta GosDepartment of Teleaudiology and Screening, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042 Warsaw, Poland.
Natalia CzajkaDepartment of Teleaudiology and Screening, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1203-6679
Monika MatusiakDepartment of Oto-Rhino-Laryngosurgery, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042 Warsaw, Poland.
Patryk HartwichOtolaryngology Clinical Department, Collegium Medicum, The Jagiellonian University, 2 Jakubowskiego Street, 30-688 Cracow, Poland.
Magdalena Beata SkarzynskaInstitute of Sensory Organs, 1 Mokra Street, 05-830 Nadarzyn/Kajetany, Poland.
Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing · PLJagiellonian University · PLMedical University of Warsaw · PL

Funding

Ministry of Science and Higher Education 8/E-523/SPUB-I/SN/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Undiagnosed hearing deficits hamper a child's ability to learn. Hearing screening in school aged children helps detect educationally significant hearing loss and prevents negative impacts on academic achievement. The main purpose of this study was to improve early detection and assess the incidence of hearing disorders in first-graders from rural areas and small towns in the Małopolskie Voivodeship of Poland. There were 5029 children aged 6-7 years. Hearing thresholds were measured over the frequency range 0.5-8 kHz. A result was considered positive (abnormal) if the hearing threshold was worse than 20 dB HL at one or more frequencies. The prevalence of hearing loss was estimated in terms of four-frequency hearing loss, high-frequency hearing loss, and low-frequency hearing loss. Parents filled in a brief audiological questionnaire. The analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics, version 24. Of all the children, 20.5% returned a positive result and were referred for further audiological diagnoses. The estimated prevalence of hearing loss was 11.6%, made up of 6.5% with FFHL, 7.6% with HFHL, and 8.2% with LFHL. This study showed that large numbers of children in the district had hearing problems. Adoption of hearing screening in primary schools is recommended as a routine procedure within preventive pediatric health care.

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hearing losshearing screeningprevalencepure tone audiometryschool screening

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PMID34203689
PMCPMC8293175
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