Lal B Rawal, Kawkab Mahmud, Sheikh Md S Islam, Rashidul A Mahumud, Md Nuruzaman, Syed M Ahmed
Training mid-level health cadres to improve health service delivery in rural Bangladesh
Primary health care research & development
present study designed estimate prevalence hearing impairment among elementary school pupils portable tone audiometer conjunction otoscopy used examine 2200 children aged 6 9 years attending 12 elementary schools city sana children negative results tests referred university clinic comprehensive examination risk factors revealed questionnaire study involving parents many 116 total number children failed pass test number decreased 106 cleaning external auditory canal conductive hearing impairment commonest pathological condition exudative otitis frequent cause 6 cases prevalence hearing impairment among elementary school pupils yemen shown exceed developed countries high risk development pathology attributable low socioeconomic living standards importance audiological screening elementary school pupils emphasized