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BACKGROUND Vision plays a significant role in acquisition of skills such as sign language in children with hearing impairment. Auditory training after cochlear implant surgery is given in combination with visual gestures. Thus even subnormal vision will adversely affect their social development. Hence there is a need to do ophthalmic evaluation in children with severe and profound hearing loss. In this study children with severe sensorineural deafness prepared for cochlear implant surgery were evaluated for the presence of ophthalmic manifestation. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective hospital-based study from April 2017 to March 2018. Children under the age of 10 years with severe sensorineural hearing loss who were referred to us for ophthalmological evaluation were included in the study. Complete ophthalmic evaluation including anterior segment examination with slitlamp, detailed fundus examination and cycloplegic refraction were done. Syndromic associations were also studied.

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