Ocular morbidity in hearing impaired schoolchildren

Abstract

Hearing impaired children are at an increased risk of having ocular morbidity. Hence, periodic eye examinations are important in deaf children.

Ophthalmic pathologies in female subjects with bilateralcongenital sensorineural hearing loss

“…This study showed a slightly higher incidence (50%) of ocular pathologies in congenitally deaf patients. In the same manner, refractive disorders were the leading pathology, with a higher incidence of 44.9% (35 cases), compared to the 16%-42.7% found across previously published studies (4,7,(9)(10)(11)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). Since our study group was composed of adult individuals, it was easy to detect even a small degree of refractive problems like myopia, which may increase during the adolescent years.…”

“…Published studies have shown that the rate of ophthalmologic pathologies in SNHL cases ranges between 31% and 48% (4,(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(16)(17)(18)(19). A summary of frequency of ophthalmic pathologies from different studies is listed in Table 4.…”

Ocular morbidity in hearing impaired school children in Eastern Nepal

“…Various studies show that the prevalence of ocular morbidity is more common in hearing impaired children than the normal school children of the same age group [18][19][20] . Similarly, the refractive error is more common in the hearing impaired children than the normal school children [18][19][20] (Table 3).…”

“…Similarly, the refractive error is more common in the hearing impaired children than the normal school children [18][19][20] (Table 3).…”

Visual performance and ocular abnormalities in deaf children and young adults: a literature review

“…Various methodologies and classification criteria have been used in the assessment of vision/visual acuity (Table 3). Bist et al (2011), for example, assessed vision and visual acuity with a Snellen tumbling 'E' test chart, which do not require literacy. Whilst most research has used traditional Snellen charts at 6 m, there has been little use of LogMAR assessment despite it being acknowledged as a superior measurement (Lovie-Kitchin 2008).…”