Authors : Himanshu Kumar Sanju, Arun Kumar Yadav
DOI : 10.18231/2581-5229.2018.0017
Volume : 4
Issue : 2
Year : 0
Page No : 63-64
The limitations in hearing screening methods, execution of treatment plans forms a dearth insight to identify hearing disorders at earliest in the rural parts of India. The current study was conducted to analyze the distribution of hearing impairment among the cluster of villages in Pachgaon of Gurgaon District, Haryana. A total of 738 participants participated in the survey. There were 13 questions adapted from similar kind of studies which was related to self?assessment of hearing quality and history of any kind of pathological condition. The outcome of present questionnaire-based investigation revealed that a good percentage of population in rural part of Haryana were at risk of hearing loss. The finding of the present study also showed that population in the age range of 8 to 17 years were having more prevalence of ear discharge than higher age group. Proper measure should be taken by audiologists and government for management of hearing loss among these population to enhance their quality of hearing and life.
Keywords: Haryana, Hearing Loss, India, Rural.