Authors : Priyanka Yadav; Anil Yadav

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 12 - December

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25dec1559

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Abstract :  Purpose This article aims to find out the association between vision and hearing.  Methodology It is a prospective quantitative case controlled study in which 30 cases (15 low vision & 15 blinds) and 50 age matched controls were enrolled. This study is centric to the description and documentation of the ocular as well as audiological examination of the visually handicapped subjects of Janta Rehabilitation Training center for the visually handicapped in Bhimgarh kheri, Gurgaon, Haryana. Technique of sampling is cluster sampling technique in which many clusters were taken i.e. centers for visually handicapped in which 2 clusters were selected on the basis of simple random sampling. Oral as well as written consent form was also obtained from the in-charge of the center as well as from the subjects/guardian. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.  Results Eighty subjects (30 cases & 50 age matched controls) were enrolled in the study. Among the subjects 30 were males and 50 were females. The median age was a 23 ± 2.75 years ranging between 17 and 33 years. The median height was 1.64 meter. BCVA, CS, GDT, DDPT, ITD & ILD were significantly different between controls, low vision and blind subjects (Kruskal wallis test, p<0.05). IDPT & DDPT was found significantly different between males and females (Mann whitney test, p<0.05). A statistically significant positive correlation was found between GDT & BCVA(r=0.581, n=75, p=0.00), DDPT & BCVA (r=0.305, n=75, p=0.008), ITD & BCVA (r=0.388, n=75,p=0.001), ILD & BCVA ( r=0.281, n=75, p=0.014). A statistically significant positive correlation between GDT & CS (r=0.602, n=75, p=0.00) , DDPT & CS (r= 0.30, n=75, p=0.009) was found.  Conclusion From the findings from our study, we conclude that in visually impaired subjects as one modality is compromised, they rely more on the other modality as their ability of other modality is found to be better.

Keywords : “Vision”, “Hearing”, “Low Vision”, “Blind”, “Best Corrected Visual Acuity”.

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