[
    {
        "id": "osp-9954",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Effect of Ear Health, Care Practices, and Hearing Loss on Academic Performance among Male Adolescents in Residential Schools: A cross-sectional study in Eastern India",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Angral",
                "given": "Sumeet"
            },
            {
                "family": "Biswas",
                "given": "Bijit"
            },
            {
                "family": "Sasanka",
                "given": "KSBS Krishna"
            },
            {
                "family": "Bano",
                "given": "Gulistan"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/effect-of-ear-health-care-practices-and-hearing-loss-on-academic-performance-among-male-adolescents-in-residential-schools-a-cross-sectional-study-in-",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "25",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "600-610",
        "DOI": "10.18295/2075-0528.2871",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between ear health, ear care practices, and academic performance among male adolescents in residential schools.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 684 male adolescents residing in residential schools in Deoghar, Jharkhand, India, during World Hearing Day 2023. Data were collected on socio-demographic characteristics, ear care practices, and academic performance. Comprehensive ear examinations and pure tone audiometry were performed to assess ear morbidity and hearing thresholds.Results: Ear morbidity was identified in 43% of participants, with bilateral involvement in 85% of these cases. Ear-related symptoms were reported by 26.3% of participants, including ear pain (46.1%) and hearing difficulty (37.2%). Chronic ear morbidity was present in 36.5% of the cohort. Hearing loss was detected in 5% of participants, with 4.6% experiencing mild and 0.4% moderate hearing loss; among these, 74.1% had bilateral involvement. Self-ear cleaning was commonly practiced (93%), predominantly using cotton buds (85.2%). Multivariate analysis showed that inserting substances into the ear (Spearman’s rho [ρ] = -0.095; P = 0.014), exposure to loud firecrackers (ρ = -0.095; P = 0.014), being slapped hard (ρ = -0.102; P = 0.008), presence of chronic ear morbidity (ρ = -0.185; P"
    }
]