Characteristics of hearing loss in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Abraham, Zephania Saitabau; Kahinga, Aveline Aloyce

doi:10.4314/ssmj.v15i4.5

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“…The study done in Tanzania (11,12) showed the leading pattern to be conductive, which is contrary to this finding, probably due to the increased access to medical services currently or awareness of the people towards health services. Other studies done in Nigeria's and Tanzania's coastal regions had similar results to this study (14,15).…”

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“…As the age increases the outer hair cells tend to decrease in number, contributing to hearing impairment. Out hair cell decrease caused mainly by sensorineural hearing which is attributed genetic causes and similar occurrence of other related disease conditions as hypertension, vascular, diabetics, tumors, trauma, infections, immunological and inflammatory conditions [14,15,16].…”

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hearing Loss at Bugando Medical Centre Mwanza Tanzania

Kimario,

Shemsi,

Massaga

et al. 2024

East Afr. j. health sci.

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Hearing enable us to communicate and interact all over the world. When hearing is reduced or not there at all then is a major problem. In Africa more so in the Sub Sahara, this problem is on the rise due to the activities that are been carried out. There is no clinical data that is available from our national and zonal referral hospital, this study is a stepping stone for more studies. The outcome will show the burden of the people with reduced or has no ability to hear, distribution of hearing loss and the contributing factors. The engagement was conducted in a tertiary hospital serving more than five regions of the country. It`s a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study spanned from July 2020 to December 2020 with the total number of patients visited the otorhinolaryngology and audiology clinic being 6,234 the ones hearing loss 526. The study found prevalence of 8.4% for reduce/inability to hear. Females found to be more by 1.3%. Sensorineural hearing was the leading (51%), followed by conductive hearing (41%). The group most affected by sensorineural hearing were 40-59 (53.7%). On conductive hearing, the leading group being affected were 3-39 years (46.6%). In the distribution of sensorineural hearing the leading one was mild hearing in the age group of 3-39 (63%), followed by moderate hearing at 25.5%. The contributory factors were inflammation, such as allergic rhinitis (38%), otitis (34%), and wax (9.5). These factors contributed to about 60% of hearing loss. A group of young adults have been found to have mild hearing (63%); this shows that in a few years, the majority of the young group will have severe hearing problems, hence decreasing the manpower of our economy. Public knowledge about ear care should be offered to people, and this should be done by the media and the health sector as a whole

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hearing Loss at Bugando Medical Centre Mwanza Tanzania

Kimario,

Shemsi,

Massaga

et al. 2024

East Afr. j. health sci.

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“…Hearing loss is a well known to be a disabling disorder that tends to affect both adults and children in developed and developing countries and therefore a major global public health concern [1,2]. Primary school period is one of the most sensitive periods during a child's lifetime since children acquire skills that effect their adulthood [3].…”

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Primary school teachers' attitudes and knowledge regarding pupils' hearing loss and the challenges they encounter while teaching in central Tanzania

Abraham,

Masunga,

Kahinga

2024

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Background Primary school teachers are early educators who encounter pupils with disabilities earlier than other educators at different levels. Hearing loss tends to impair cognitive development and academic performance pupils. This study aimed to address such an existing gap in Tanzania since there is no any study that has been conducted in our country on similar topic despite being of public health significance. Methods A community based cross-sectional study design was used where 405 primary school teachers in Manyoni district were recruited using multistage cluster sampling technique. Data was collected using Swahili translated semi-structured questionnaires and analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. A p-value < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant Results In this study 70.9% of primary school teachers had poor knowledge toward hearing loss among pupils and only 8.1% of teachers expressed good level of knowledge about hearing loss. This study has found a significant association between the overall knowledge of teachers and age as the only socio-demographic characteristic of the study participants (P-value = 0.000) though no association was found between marital status, education level, having children and sex (p-values being 0.534, 0.28, 0.261 and 0.934 respectively). Pertaining attitude of teachers toward hearing loss among pupils, this study found 44.8% to have negative attitude, 48.1% had intermediate attitude and only 3.5% had positive attitude. On the other hand, 75% of teachers agreed that hearing impaired students would achieve better academically in special schools. The association between socio-demographic and professional characteristics and the overall attitude of teachers towards pupils’ hearing loss was not statistically significant. This study has found a statistically significant association between the overall knowledge and overall attitude of primary school teachers towards pupils’ hearing loss (p-value = 0.024). Conclusions Primary school teachers' attitudes and knowledge regarding pupils' hearing loss was found to be mostly poor to intermediate. Most teachers had limited knowledge of hearing loss especially on the causes, risk factors and symptoms of hearing loss. Educational campaigns to improve knowledge and attitude of primary teachers toward pupils’ hearing loss for excellence academically, socially and emotionally should be spearheaded in Manyoni district.

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“…The prevalence of CRS varies from region to region, affecting 5.2% of the population in Canada [3] [5], 11.9% in the United States of America (USA) [6], 10.9% in Europe [7], 7% in South Korea [8], 8% in China [9] and 5.5% in Sao Paulo (Brazil) [10]. In Africa, there are very few studies on the prevalence of CRS, with an estimated rate of 25.3% in Egypt [11], 1.6% in north-west Nigeria [12] and 1.1% in Tanzania [13]. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), data on the prevalence of CRS in the general population are not available.…”

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Evaluation of the Quality of Life of Patients Suffering from Chronic Rhinosinusitis in a Hospital Setting in Kinshasa

Kalala,

Kakobo,

Yalombe

et al. 2024

IJOHNS

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Background and objective: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), a common disease worldwide, has a major impact on patients' quality of life (QoL). In recent years, the measurement of health-related QoL has made it possible to assess the patient's state of health, the severity of the CRS and the treatment. The aim of this study was to assess the QoL of patients with CRS in a hospital setting in Kinshasa. Methods: This was a cross-sectional analytical study conducted from June 2020 to May 2021 in the ENT service of the Kinshasa University Hospital and the Monkole Hospital Center. The study involved 113 patients aged at least 18 years, whose QOL was compared with that of a control group consisting of 100 non-patients. QOL was assessed using the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22) Questionnaire. Results: The mean age of the patients was 41.0 years (18 -74 years) and that of the controls was 39.1 years (19 -77 years). More than half of the participants were university graduates. The median SNOT-22 score was 44 (14 -78) in patients and 7 (1 -40) in controls. Compared with subjects without CRS, patients with CRS had significantly higher scores in all four domains of the SNOT-22. Around 9 out of 10 patients had a severely impaired QoL compared with 2 out of 10 controls. Considering mildly impaired QoL, we found that in the otological and sleep domains, scores were not significantly different between patients and controls. In the case of severely impaired QoL, however, only the otological domain showed a non-significant difference in scores between the two groups. Conclusion: CRS is a real public health problem in our environment and significantly alters the QoL of patients suffering from it, with repercussions on their professional productivity; hence the need for better management.

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Characteristics of hearing loss in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hearing Loss at Bugando Medical Centre Mwanza Tanzania

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hearing Loss at Bugando Medical Centre Mwanza Tanzania

Primary school teachers' attitudes and knowledge regarding pupils' hearing loss and the challenges they encounter while teaching in central Tanzania

Evaluation of the Quality of Life of Patients Suffering from Chronic Rhinosinusitis in a Hospital Setting in Kinshasa

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