Assessment of Depression and Anxiety Disorders in Hearing Impaired Children

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Egypt

2 Department 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.

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Minia Journal of Medical Research
Volume 30, Issue 1
March 2019
Pages 239-244

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