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Tinnitus in children with hearing loss

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Laura G. Viani
Laura G. Viani*
Affiliation:
Presented in part of the requirement for MSc degree in Audiological Medicine in Department of Audiology, University of Manchester, Presented on 14 October 1988 at Irish Otolaryngology Society, Belfast
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Laura G. Viani Registrar in Otolaryngology, Walton Hospital, Rice Lane, Liverpool 9
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Abstract

There is scant literature relating to tinnitus in children. This may be due in part to the inability of the child to differentiate normal from abnormal, and also adults failing to communicate adequately with children to allow them to describe their observed symptoms.

One hundred and two children with severe to profound hearing loss between six to seventeen years of age were questioned as to the presence of tinnitus. The 24 children (23 per cent) who reported tinnitus, also completed a questionnaire, and were interviewed about their symptoms and then were compared to the non-tinnitus children regarding hearing level, age, sex and aetiology of the deafness.

No significant difference was found between the two groups. This study documents that tinnitus does exist in a significant number of children with severe to profound deafness and addresses the problem involved in its description and assessment.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 12 , December 1989 , pp. 1142 - 1145
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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