000 children born in the United States are deaf or have a hearing loss significant enough to affect speech and language development.1 Early intervention has been shown to be effective in facilitating speech and language development in deaf and hard-of-hearing children.2 As a result, newborn ...
The incidence of hearing impairment (HI) is higher in low- and middle-income countries when compared to high-income countries. There is therefore a necessity to estimate the burden of this condition in developing world. The aim of our study was to use a
When occurring in childhood, HI is associated with impaired language acquisition, learning, and speech development, and affects ~34 million children worldwide (World Health Organisation) [2]. Approximately 30 to 50% of HI cases in Africa have a genetic origin [3,4]. Non-syndromic hearing ...