| Academic year |
Screened children |
Stage 2 children |
Conductive hearing loss |
Total conductive hearing loss |
Sensorineural hearing loss |
Normal hearing†|
| |
|
|
Tympanic effusion |
Chronic otitis media |
Conductive hearing loss |
|
| 2003-2004 |
5392 |
123 |
37 (0.69) * |
6 (0.11) * |
73 (1.35) * |
116 (2.15) * |
4 (0.07) * |
3 |
| 2004-2005 |
5077 |
239 |
89 (1.75) |
7 (0.14) |
130 (2.56) |
226 (4.45) |
5 (0.10) |
8 |
| 2005-2006 |
4694 |
224 |
80 (1.70) |
13 (0.28) |
112 (2.39) |
205 (4.37) |
5 (0.11) |
14 |
| Total |
15,163 |
586 |
206 (1.36) |
26 (0.17) |
315 (2.08) |
547 (3.61) |
14 (0.09) |
25 |
* Absolute number and prevalence rate expressed per 100 screened children (in parenthesis)
†These cases were suspected to have any hearing impairment during the first stage but after further examination their hearing resulted normal. For example, they had earwax which was removed. |
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