A study of XXXX in West Africa: the Gambian Hearing Health Project.

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Research was carried out on various aspects of @entity2319 in a West African population. A national survey of childhood @entity2319 was completed to discover the incidence and causes of severe to profound @entity393 in The Republic of the Gambia. A large school screening campaign was conducted to determine the prevalence of @entity2172 in Gambian @entity1 . Smaller studies concerned the @entity393 among @entity693 @entity1 ; the disease pattern of audiology clinic @entity1 in both urban and rural areas; the degree of @entity393 associated with @entity2346 media and the @entity2462 serology of a group of Gambian @entity1 and @entity1 . It was found that @entity693 was a major @entity66 causing @entity2319 . @entity2462 and measles, often causes of @entity2319 in other tropical countries, did not seem to be of such importance in The Gambia. Familial factors also accounted for little of the childhood @entity2319 as far as it was possible to tell. Chronic @entity2172 could give rise to considerable @entity393 but rarely led to the dangerous complications often seen in other tropical communities. Effective medical and audiological services for the deaf are difficult to implement in developing countries. A primarily preventive approach may prove to be the most rational way of helping the deaf in The Gambia.
