Extended high-frequency hearing loss among Afro-Colombian adolescents from a rural area in Colombia: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Research trends concerning hearing loss within teen rural populations are limited and current evidence suggests that extended high-frequency audiometry can be a sensitive tool to detect subclinical hearing loss. Moreover, current research emphasises the importance of representing different ethnic populations in science. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of acquired hearing loss through conventional pure-tone (0.25-8 kHz) and extended high frequency (EHF) (9-20 kHz) audiometry in Afro-Colombian adolescents from a rural area in Colombia.

Design

Observational, cross-sectional study.

Participants

230 Afro-Colombian adolescents aged 13-17 years who attended high school in a rural population from Cartagena, Colombia.

Interventions

Otoscopic exam

SUBMITTER: Perez-Herrera LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11261701 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature