Cherbourg revisited: hearing health changes in an Aboriginal community, 1972 to 2000


Autoria(s): Sockalingam, Ravi; Hives, Katye; Kei, Joseph; McPherson, Bradley
Contribuinte(s)

Teresa Ching

Data(s)

01/01/2003

Resumo

The aim of this study was to investigate current audiological outcomes of Cherbourg schoolchildren and compare these outcomes to those obtained in a 1972 study of hearing health in the same community. Seventy-eight primary school children of Cherbourg State School participated in the study. Their peripheral hearing and middle ear function were tested using pure-tone air conduction audiometry and tympanometry respectively. A significant improvement in the hearing status of this population was noted compared to that reported in 1972. The improvements in the hearing status of Indigenous schoolchildren at Cherbourg can be attributed to a number of factors, including increased awareness of both ear health and general health, as well as the introduction of hearing health care services, over the past three decades.

Identificador

http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:66185

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Australian Academic Press

Palavras-Chave #C1 #321210 Community Child Health #730111 Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders
Tipo

Journal Article