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Hearing loss at a proportion of 2 % was determined among the children of 2-14 age groups in Turkey

The Academic Member, Dr. Nurten Küçük, of the Audiology Department of the Vocational School of Health Sciences of the Istanbul Gelişim University indicated that the hearing tests, carried out on new-born infants and at the childhood age, play an effective role in the prevention of the hearing loss.

The Academic Member, Dr. Nurten Küçük, of the Istanbul Gelişim University, who underlined the importance of the scanning BERA hearing tests, conducted by the Ministry of Health and carried out on every new-born infant, indicated that the BERA test making it possible to determine the congenital hearing losses at an earlier period also gave opportunity for the measurement of the degree of the hearing loss.

‘’Antibiotic and Chemotherapy Medications Contain Poisonous Substances for Ears”

The Academic Member, Dr. Nurten Küçük having indicated that different hearing test applications were made in the cases where the hearing loss at severe degree, indicated as follows:  ‘’Especially the infant or child is experienced a high-fever illness, and there has been a eclampsia or jaundice background, the possibility of hearing loss among the persons taking place at this patient group is considerably high. At the same time, it is absolutely necessary to have a medical check following this type of illnesses or treatments making sure whether there has been any endolymph available within the ear in advance of the hearing test. The endolymph, gathered within the ear, may constitute an obstacle for the hearing test. Therefore, it is necessary to apply a medical treatment before all else for the endolymph, gathered within the ear and afterwards, to make a hearing test.’’

The Academic Member, Dr. Nurten Küçük, who mentioned that the antibiotic and especially chemotherapy medications contained poisonous substances for the ears, emphasized that it was necessary to make the hearing tests at certain intervals in the children group undergoing these treatments.

A hearing loss of 2 % was determined among the children at the age group of 2-14 in Turkey

Notwithstanding that the hearing losses are constrained (avoided) in our country by means of hearing scanning tests, conducted by the Ministry of Health at schools and new-born infants, a hearing loss of 2 % was determined among the children at the age group of 2-14 in Turkey according to the last researches, carried out by TUİK (Turkish Statistical Institute). At this point, the Academic Member, Dr. Nurten Küçük, of the Istanbul Gelişim University, who indicated that the medical examinations of ear, nose and throat will bring the most effective results, said that it was possible to make a bionic ear application in the cases where the hearing loss was at very sever stages.