PREVALENCE OF HEARING LOSS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS

Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired at any time afterwards. Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. This cross-sectional study was conducted among medical students of different medical colleges. Name, age, gender, presence or absence of hearing loss and use of any hearing aid were noted on a predefined proforma. All the data was entered and analyzed with SPSS Ver. 23.0. There were 70 medical students in this study. There were 35 males (50%) and 35 females (50%). The mean age of the students was 20.23±1.23 years. Out of 70 medical students, only 6 had different problems regarding hearing loss and they were using hearing aid for this purpose. None of the students was completely deaf.