Assessment of Depression and Anxiety Disorders in Hearing Impaired Children | ||
| Minia Journal of Medical Research | ||
| Volume 30, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 239-244 PDF (238.95 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjmr.2022.223021 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samira Z. Sayed1; Samir M. Moner1; Ahmed A. Mohamed2; Amr M. Nabil1 | ||
| 1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Phoniatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Hearing impairment is one of the commonest birth defects which may resulted in some psychological disorders in childhood. The objective of this study is to assess the psychopathological complications of hearing impaired children compared to normal hearing ones. This was a prospective study which was conducted on students of two schools (Al Amal School for the deafs and the dumbs and Copts School) at Minia city, Minia governorate, Egypt. A total of forty children aged 7:12 years were classified into two groups, group (I) patients: Included 20 male children with different degrees of hearing impairment, group (II) control: Included 20 healthy male children with normal hearing. Psychometric evaluation, electroencephalography, audiological evaluation and psychological assessment were done for all children. The results showed that cases with EEG abnormalities, different degrees of anxiety were significantly higher in patients group compared to control (p<0.05) however, IQ did not differ. The study revealed that hearing impairment is associated with EEG abnormalities and the presence of both anxiety and depression which are the most common psychological disorders in hearing impaired children. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Depression; Anxiety; Psychological Disorders; Hearing Impaired; Children | ||
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