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[Hearing disorders associated with vision disorders in children]
J Jakubíková1, E Feriancová, I Dzuberová
1Detská otorhinolaryngologická klinika DFN, Bratislava.
Insights
Early diagnosis of vision and hearing impairments in children is crucial. A study found 6.7% of children with a single sensory impairment had both, highlighting the need for comprehensive screening.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Ophthalmology
- Audiology
Context:
- Child development relies heavily on intact hearing and eyesight.
- Early detection of sensory impairments is vital for timely intervention and support.
- Special schools cater to children with visual or hearing impairments.
Purpose:
- To determine the prevalence of dual sensory impairments (vision and hearing) in children.
- To identify the causes of combined visual and hearing disorders in children.
- To emphasize the importance of screening both senses when one is impaired.
Summary:
- 6.7% of children in schools for the visually impaired or hearing impaired had impairments in both senses.
- Intrauterine damage was the most common cause (45.7%) of dual sensory loss.
- Other causes included unknown (25.7%), genetic (20%), and postnatal (8.6%).
Impact:
- Highlights the significant co-occurrence of vision and hearing loss in children.
- Underscores the necessity of a preventive examination of the other sense organ when one is diagnosed.
- Informs early intervention strategies and educational placements for affected children.
Abstract:
Hearing and eye-sight are very important for the development in children. Early diagnosis of disorders of these organs is therefore essential to ensure the development of affected children from early age, or to provide a correction (hearing aid, glasses) or to enlist these children in special schools. The authors found that in schools for children with impaired eye-sight and schools for children with impaired hearing there were 6.7% children with impairment of both sense organs. The most frequent cause of disorders of both sense organs was intrauterine damage (45.7%), in 25.7% of the investigated children the cause was unknown, in 20% it was genetically conditioned and in 8.6% the cause was postnatal. Therefore when a disorder of one sense organ is revealed, it is necessary to examine on a preventive basis also the other sense organ.