Hearing In Visually Impaired Children
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Hearing in Visually Impaired Children
IRAS ID
260750
Contact name
Claire Lingard
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 1 months, 31 days
Research summary
Hearing is especially important for visually impaired children as it allows them to understand environment around them and to communicate. This study is aiming to find out how many children (≥5 - <16 years) with vision impairment, who attend Priestley Smith School (specialist school for visually impaired children), have a hearing loss. This is being studied because there is no reliable estimate of the prevalence of hearing loss amongst visually impaired children. The only routine test of hearing that visually impaired children may receive is the Newborn Hearing Screen. This study hopes to provide useful evidence for health care providers to decide whether visually impaired children should have additional hearing tests during childhood.
The children will have their hearing tested at school and the results will be sent to their parents in a letter. The children’s medical records, Education Health and Care Plan and Newborn Hearing Screen records will be reviewed to look for the cause of their vision problems and any other known medical problems. For children who are found to have hearing problems the researcher will investigate whether the cause of their hearing loss is likely to be related to the cause of their vision loss.
This study is being funded by the Ovingdean Hall Foundation Grant.REC name
HSC REC A
REC reference
19/NI/0163
Date of REC Opinion
6 Sep 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion