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A total of 1,670 school going children (urban 1030 and rural 640) in the age range of 12–14 years were screened for hearing loss during a survey conducted by the Department of Otolaryngology of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. 6.31% of cases in the urban group were found to be having hearing loss as compared to 32.81% of cases in the rural group. Secretory otitis media was found to be the commonest cause of hearing impairment in both the urban and rural group accounting for 5.33% and 33.59% respectively.
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Mann, S.B.S., Sharma, S.C., Gupta, A.K. et al. Incidence of hearing impairment among rural and urban school going children: A survey. Indian J Pediatr 65, 141–145 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02849707
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