[Report 1969] / School Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.

  • Staffordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / School Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The degree of hearing impairment and extent of the dis¬ ability varies widely with each age group. In the case of children suffering from conductive deafness, there is hope of improving their hearing by remedial treatment, although in some cases recurring infection proves to be a considerable handicap to a child’s normal educational progress. Audiometric Survey The audiometricians continued to test the hearing of children of 6 years of age, i.e. those born in 1963. Children of various ages, who were presented by head teachers because of a suspicion that hearing was defective, continued to be seen. The results continue to show the need of examination by an Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant. The County Council, in co-operation with Newcastle Excepted District, continued to employ a part-time audio¬ metrician for two sessions per week in the north of the County. Table 21. No. with % with No. hearing hearing examined abnormal abnormal Absentees in 1968 . . 1,637 269 16% Children of 6 years of age .. Children of various ages pre- 9,712 1,362 14% sented by teachers 198 11,547 65 1,696 33% Number of schools visited: 325 in 1969, as against 347 (1968). In addition, there has been a re-test of 515 children whom it has been considered advisable to keep under supervision. Of these 241 were still found to have a loss of hearing and arrangements were made for them to be examined by the County Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant and A.C.M.O.s. Teachers presented 198 children, whose hearing ability was suspect in their opinion, to the visiting audiometricians. They were children of all ages outside the 6-year age group being tested. No less than 65, or 33%, were found to have a hearing loss requiring further investigation which was arranged.