A STUDY ON THE OTOSCOPICAL AND AUDIOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN PATIENTS WITHDOWNS-SYNDROME IN GREECE

One hundred and twenty patients (children) with Down's Syndrome were e xamined by the Audiological Dept. at 'Aghia Sophia' Children's Hospita l during the period 1988-1990. Of these 73 (60.8%) were boys and 47 (3 7.2%) were girls. Their ages varied from 7-18 years of age with an ave rage age of 14.8 years. Physical examination included otoscopy, tympan ometry, and in some cases auditory brainstem audiometry. It is worth n oting that a high percentage of these patients were unable to cooperat e in this study, therefore making it obligatory to utilize objective m easures for hearing evaluation.