Author(s)

Ndadi Tchiengang K. Junie^1*, Evelyne Siga Diom¹, Bay Karim Diallo²

¹ENT and CCF Department, Peace Hospital, Ziguinchor, Senegal.
²ENT and CCF Department, Albert Royer Children’s Hospital, Dakar, Senegal.

Goal: To determine the impact of deafness on the schooling of children in Casamance and the factors that characterize these repercussions. Patients and Methods: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional and multicenter study carried out in the ENT departments of the peace and regional hospitals of Ziguinchor over a period of 7 years from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2019. It included hearing impaired children aged 1 to 18. Results: 178 hearing impaired children were collected during the study period. One hundred and forty-seven children were in school (82, 58%), the majority (85.03%) attending formal schools. Fifty-seven children had a speech disorder (32.02%). The average age of screening for deafness was 9 years. Deafness was mild in 53 patients. Thirteen patients had severe deafness. Two patients presented with cophosis. Conclusion: Our study shows that deafness does indeed have an impact on a child’s education in Casamance, but this impact is hardly taken into account.

Repercussion, Hearing Impairment, Child, Casamance

Junie, N. , Diom, E. and Diallo, B. (2021) Does Hearing Impairment Have an Impact on the Children’s Education in Casamance, South of Senegal?. International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 10, 313-319. doi: 10.4236/ijohns.2021.104028.