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Ophthalmic disturbances in children with sensorineural hearing loss

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Co-incidence of sensorineural hearing loss and ophthalmic abnormalities has a tremendous influence on development of children. This study was done to determine the nature and prevalence of ophthalmic disturbances in children with congenital sensorineural hearing loss. In a descriptive cross-sectional study, complete ophthalmologic examinations such as assessment of visual acuity, cycloplegic refraction, ocular motility examination, slit lamp examination and indirect funduscopy on 50 children with sensorineural hearing loss (determined by ABR), were performed. Thirty-two percent of cases had at least one kind of ophthalmic disturbances. Refractive errors were the most common abnormalities (28%), including astigmatism (12%), myopia and astigmatism (8%), and hyperopia (8%). Three (6%) cases had ocular motility disturbance including one case of esotropia, one case of exophoria and one case of exotropia. Twenty-four percent of cases had retinal abnormalities, including suspected Rubella retinopathy (6%), pigmentary changes suspect to retinitis pigmentosa (4%), optic nerve hypoplasia (4%), and finally poor fovea reflex (10%).

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by research vice presidency of mashed university of medical sciences. The authors thank wish to Toktam Moghiman for their invaluable help in data collection.

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  1. Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, Imam Reza Educational Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Mehdi Bakhshaee & Navid Nourizadeh

  2. Ophtalmology and Eye Surgery Department, Khatam Educational Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Toka Banaee

  3. Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, Qaem Educational Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Mohammad Mehdi Ghasemi

  4. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Behnam Shojaee & Sara Shahriari

  5. Cochlear Implant Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Hamid Reza Tayarani

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Routine ophthalmologic examination must be done in cases with sensorineural hearing loss, because of both high prevalence of association with ophthalmic abnormalities and the dependency of these children on their vision for social development and communication.

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Bakhshaee, M., Banaee, T., Ghasemi, M.M. et al. Ophthalmic disturbances in children with sensorineural hearing loss. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 266, 823–825 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-008-0821-7

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