Visual Impairment and Ocular Findings among Deaf and Hearing Impaired School Children in Central Region, Ghana
AUTHOR:
Ovenseri-Ogbomo, G.O., Abraham, C.H. and Kio, F.E.
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YEAR PUBLISHED:
2013
PUBLICATION:
Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of visual impairment and ocular findings among hearing impaired children in a school for the deaf in the Cape Coast Municipality of Ghana.
This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted with 243 children.
Fourteen children (5.8%) had moderate visual impairment in the right eye, while 15 (6.2%) had moderate visual impairment in the left eye.
Refractive error was pre-sent in 75 (31.9%) of the children with astigmatism being the commonest form of refractive er
The overall prevalence of visual impairment was 5.8% among hearing impaired school children in the Central Region of Ghana.
There is the need for regular eye ex-amination for children diagnosed of hearing impairment.