Measurement of hearing impairment among Greenlandic school-children: association between self-reported data and clinical examinations

• Published in: BMC Pediatrics
• Main Authors: Schnohr, Christina, Jensen, Jakob Schmidt, Skovsen, Cecilie Friis, Homøe, Preben, Niclasen, Birgit, Jensen, Ramon Gordon
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2022
• Subjects: Research Article; Sisimiut; greenlandic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9609256/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03673-9

BACKGROUND: Multiple ear infections is causing hearing impairment among children all over the world and the health and social consequences track into early adolescence and later in life, if not treated. The monitoring of prevalence in a population is important to assess the need for interventions in...