Study on hearing disability among children aged 0~6 years in Peking

  Objective   To explore the prevalence and the risk factors of hearing disability in the children aded 0~6 years in Peking.

  Methods   28 709 children aged 0~6 years living in Peking were tested with proportional, two phases screening accor ding to the Chinese standard of evaluation in diabilities.

  Results   The prev alence of hearing disability was 1.04 with the false negative rate 0.14.The risk factors of hearing disability were mother drinking during pregnancy, times of preg nancy, great stimulation and using of the computer during pregnancy and relatively low education degree of the father, the OR values(odd rate)of which were 48.9, 4.4, 57.8, 85.4, 14.2, resectively.

  Conclusion   The prevalence of hearing disability in Peking was lower than that of the similar surveys in China.It was owed to the better life and the risk factors being controlled in Peking.The better heath care in women and children might be the cause of low prevalence, too.To avoid the disability, the health promotion on marr iag e, pregnancy and children should be paid more attention.