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undergraduate thesis: Hearing impairment in Vietnamese children : a medical mission-based analysis
Title | Hearing impairment in Vietnamese children : a medical mission-based analysis |
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Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Lam, M. [林敏琪]. (2013). Hearing impairment in Vietnamese children : a medical mission-based analysis. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | A better understanding of hearing disability situation would advance hearing health care in the developing world. Vietnam is a developing country with audiology at its early stage of development. This study examined the situation (degree, types and causes) of hearing impairment, the effects of age and gender on hearing impairment, and the age of identification and its relationship with degree of hearing impairment in Vietnamese children. Sixty nine participants aged from 20 to 129 months with prelingual-onset hearing loss were assessed during Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss humanitarian field missions. Data on hearing assessment findings, including case history and pure-tone audiometric outcomes, were analyzed. Results showed that hearing impairment of participants ranged from moderate to profound levels, and that sensorineural pathologies accounted for 80% of hearing loss. Maternal rubella was the most common cause. Age and gender showed no statistically significant associations with degree of hearing impairment. Average age of identification was 23.2 months and a greater proportion of children with profound hearing loss than those with milder degrees were noted. To reduce the prevalence of childhood hearing loss, improved immunization programs against infectious diseases and development of universal newborn hearing screening programs are highly recommended. |
Degree | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Subject | Hearing impaired children - Vietnam |
Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/238521 |
HKU Library Item ID | b5806019 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lam, Man-ki | - |
dc.contributor.author | 林敏琪 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-15T13:04:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-15T13:04:35Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Lam, M. [林敏琪]. (2013). Hearing impairment in Vietnamese children : a medical mission-based analysis. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/238521 | - |
dc.description.abstract | A better understanding of hearing disability situation would advance hearing health care in the developing world. Vietnam is a developing country with audiology at its early stage of development. This study examined the situation (degree, types and causes) of hearing impairment, the effects of age and gender on hearing impairment, and the age of identification and its relationship with degree of hearing impairment in Vietnamese children. Sixty nine participants aged from 20 to 129 months with prelingual-onset hearing loss were assessed during Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss humanitarian field missions. Data on hearing assessment findings, including case history and pure-tone audiometric outcomes, were analyzed. Results showed that hearing impairment of participants ranged from moderate to profound levels, and that sensorineural pathologies accounted for 80% of hearing loss. Maternal rubella was the most common cause. Age and gender showed no statistically significant associations with degree of hearing impairment. Average age of identification was 23.2 months and a greater proportion of children with profound hearing loss than those with milder degrees were noted. To reduce the prevalence of childhood hearing loss, improved immunization programs against infectious diseases and development of universal newborn hearing screening programs are highly recommended. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Hearing impaired children - Vietnam | - |
dc.title | Hearing impairment in Vietnamese children : a medical mission-based analysis | - |
dc.type | UG_Thesis | - |
dc.identifier.hkul | b5806019 | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Bachelor | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991020908359703414 | - |