A high risk register for hearing loss in children: a feasibility study on an Indian population

Abstract

The present study was an exploratory effort at developing a High Risk Register relevant to an Indian, population. As 'different from other such efforts' carried out elsewhere this investigation adopted an ex-post-facto appro~ch aimed at arriving at a high risk register based on risk histories presented by the mothers of a gr'oup of deaf children as compared to histories presented by the mothers of a randomly selected group. of non-deaf children.