Visual impairment in the hearing impaired students.

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dc.contributor.authorGogate, Parikshit
dc.contributor.authorRishikeshi, Nikhil
dc.contributor.authorMehata, Reshma
dc.contributor.authorRanade, Satish
dc.contributor.authorKharat, Jitesh
dc.contributor.authorDeshpande, Madan
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-20T08:09:02Z
dc.date.available2011-12-20T08:09:02Z
dc.date.issued2009-11
dc.description.abstractBackground: Ocular problems are more common in children with hearing problems than in normal children. Neglected visual impairment could aggravate educational and social disability. Aim: To detect and treat visual impairment, if any, in hearing-impaired children. Setting and Design: Observational, clinical case series of hearing-impaired children in schools providing special education. Materials and Methods: Hearing-impaired children in selected schools underwent detailed visual acuity testing, refraction, external ocular examination and fundoscopy. Ocular motility testing was also performed. Teachers were sensitized and trained to help in the assessment of visual acuity using Snellen's E charts. Refractive errors and squint were treated as per standard practice. Statistical Analysis: Excel software was used for data entry and SSPS for analysis. Results: The study involved 901 hearing-impaired students between four and 21 years of age, from 14 special education schools. A quarter of them (216/901, 24%) had ocular problems. Refractive errors were the most common morbidity 167(18.5%), but only 10 children were using appropriate spectacle correction at presentation. Fifty children had visual acuity less than 20/80 at presentation; after providing refractive correction, this number reduced to three children, all of whom were provided low-vision aids. Other common conditions included strabismus in 12 (1.3%) children, and retinal pigmentary dystrophy in five (0.6%) children. Conclusion: Ocular problems are common in hearing-impaired children. Screening for ocular problems should be made mandatory in hearing-impaired children, as they use their visual sense to compensate for the poor auditory sense.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGogate Parikshit, Rishikeshi Nikhil, Mehata Reshma, Ranade Satish, Kharat Jitesh, Deshpande Madan. Visual impairment in the hearing impaired students. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2009 Nov; 57(6): 451-453.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/135997
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2812764/en_US
dc.subjectDeaf and muteen_US
dc.subjecthearing-impaired childrenen_US
dc.subjectvision-impaireden_US
dc.subjectrefractive errorsen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescent
dc.subject.meshChild
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschool
dc.subject.meshDisability Evaluation
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHearing Impaired Persons --statistics & numerical data
dc.subject.meshHearing Loss --complications
dc.subject.meshHearing Loss --epidemiology
dc.subject.meshHearing Loss --rehabilitation
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiology
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshPrevalence
dc.subject.meshStudents --statistics & numerical data
dc.subject.meshVision, Low --complications
dc.subject.meshVision, Low --epidemiology
dc.subject.meshVision, Low --rehabilitation
dc.subject.meshVisually Impaired Persons --statistics & numerical data
dc.subject.meshYoung Adult
dc.titleVisual impairment in the hearing impaired students.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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