| Academic year |
No of schools |
No of children |
No of 1st grade children |
Examined children |
Children with suspected hearing impairment |
Showed up for stage 2 diagnosis |
Didn’t show up for level 2 diagnosis |
| 2003-2004 |
55 |
49471 |
5622 |
5392 (95.9) * |
152 (2.8) † |
123 |
29 |
| 2004-2005 |
53 |
49413 |
5459 |
5077 (93.0) |
257 (5.1) |
239 |
18 |
| 2005-2006 |
55 |
49244 |
5148 |
4694 (91.2) |
262 (5.6) |
224 |
38 |
| Total |
163 |
148,128 |
16,229 |
15,163 (93.4) |
671 (4.4) |
586 |
85 |
* Proportion of examined children among all 1st grade children.
†Proportion of children with suspected hearing impairment among examined children. |
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