ERİŞKİN İŞİTME TARAMASI BULGULARI

Year 2019, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 1 - 5, 28.05.2019

Deniz Tuz Merve İkiz Aysun Kocabay Parlak Samet Kılıç Eser Sendesen Öznur Yiğit Gonca Sennaroğlu

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, işitme kaybı farkındalığının artması ve işitme taramalarının yaygınlaşması amacıyla yürütülmekte olan proje kapsamında; taranan bireylerdeki işitme kaybı oranının belirlenmesi ve tarama sonuçlarını derlemeyi hedeflemektedir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışma kapsamında 2015-2019 tarihleri arasında her yıl 3 Mart Dünya Kulak ve İşitme Farkındalığı Günü’nde, Ankara’da belirlenen noktalarda düzenlenmiş işitme tarama etkinliğine katılan 18 yaş üstü 9334 bireyin bulguları retrospektif olarak incelenmiştir. İşitme Taraması, Self Servis İşitme Testi isimli işitme tarama aleti kullanılarak, önce sağ kulağa sonra sol kulağa hava yolunda sırasıyla; 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz, 4000 Hz, 6000 Hz, 8000 Hz’de saf ses kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Test sonucu değerlendirilirken, 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz ve 4000 Hz hava yolu saf ses işitme eşikleri ortalaması; 15 dB’den yüksek elde edilen bireyler tarama testinden kaldı, 15 dB ve daha düşük elde edilen bireyler tarama testinden geçti olarak kabul edilmiştir. Test sonucu ve bireylerin demografik bilgileri kayıt altına alınmıştır. Bulgular: Toplam 9334 katılımcıdan 5112’si (%55) kadın, 4222’si (%45) erkek olarak belirlenmiş olup her iki cinsiyetin çalışmaya katılımı açısından fark elde edilememiştir (p> 0.05) Cinsiyet bazında taramadan kalma oranı incelendiğinde; kadınların %26’sı, erkeklerin ise %30’u taramadan kalmıştır. Kalma oranı açısından cinsiyetler arasında fark elde edilememiştir (p>0.05). Yaş grupları bazında kalma oranı incelendiğinde farklı sonuçlar bulunmuştur. 18-30 yaş arası katılımcıların %12’si, 30-60 yaş arası katılımcıların %21’i, 60 yaş üstü katılımcıların ise %56’sı taramadan kalmıştır. 60 yaş üstü katılımcıların kalma oranı diğer gruplardan daha yüksek elde edilmiştir (p<0.001). Sonuç: Çalışma sonucunda işitme taraması yapılan bölgede işitme kaybı açısından toplumsal farkındalık oluşturulduğu düşünülmektedir. İşitme taramasından kalan bireylerin; tarama sonrası bir odyoloji kliniğine başvurup başvurmadıkları, varsa başvuranların işitme kaybının habilitasyonu/rehabilitasyonu adına hangi yönteme başvurdukları çalışmamız kapsamında belirlenememiştir. Sonraki çalışmalarda bu verilerin de çalışmaya eklenmesi planlanmaktadır ve önerilmektedir.

Keywords

işitme taraması, işitme kaybı, işitme kaybı farkındalığı

FİNDİNGS OF ADULT HEARİNG SCREENİNG

Abstract

Objective: This study is carried out by Hacettepe University Department of Audiology to increase awareness of hearing loss and to increase hearing screening. This study aims to determine the rate of hearing loss in individuals who are screened and to appropriate and rapid intervention strategies for individuals with hearing loss.
Material and Methods: Within the scope of this study, the findings of 9334 individuals over the age of 18 who participated in the hearing screening activity organized at the determined points in Ankara on March 3, World Ear and Hearing Awareness Day between 2015-2019, were analyzed retrospectively. Hearing Screening, Self-Service Hearing Test, using the hearing scan tool, first right ear, then left ear respectively; 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz, 4000 Hz, 6000 Hz, 8000 Hz was performed using pure sound. The test result and demographic information of the individuals were recorded.
Results: Of the 9334 individuals who participated in the study, 5112 (55%) were female and 4222 (45%) were male. There was no difference in terms of participation of both genders (p> 0.05). Considering all the years, 28% of the participants failed the screening. When the examined total failure rate of screening based on gender; 26% of women and 30% of men failed the screening. There was no difference between the genders in terms of failure rate (p> 0.05). When the rate of failure on the basis of age groups was examined, different results were found. 12% of the participants between the ages of 18-30, 21% of the participants between the ages of 30-60, and 56% of the participants above the age of 60 failed from screening. The failure rate of participants over 60 years of age was higher than the other groups (p <0.001).
Conclusion: As a result of the study, it is thought that social awareness was created in terms of hearing loss in the region where hearing screening was performed. İndividuals failed the hearing screening; whether they applied to an audiology clinic after screening or not, and if so, what method they applied for habilitation / rehabilitation of hearing loss could not be determined within the scope of our study.

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