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M Seymour

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PubMed1988

Childhood deafness in Zimbabwe.

An investigation involving 885 children in five institutions for the deaf in Zimbabwe was conducted with a view to determining the cause of hearing loss. The cause of deafness in 40% of cases was an infectious or infective disorder, while in 43% the basic defect was unknown. There was a seemingly high prevalence of autosomal recessively inherited undifferentiated deafness among children from the Shona tribe. Conversely, an apparent underrepresentation of genetic syndromic disorders was evident in both major tribal groups. Possible explanations for these findings are discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

A hemodialysis orientation unit.

A separate dialysis unit was created within an existing large dialysis unit for the purpose of segregating all new hemodialysis patients into an environment that would provide optimum instruction about self-care. An educational curriculum was presented to each patient during each dialysis over the first 2 months of dialysis. Depending upon medical condition and response to the curriculum, patients were transferred either to the home hemodialysis training unit with or without a helper, to the limited care facility, or to the general dialysis area for medically unstable patients. An orientation unit not only improves patient participation in self-care, but appears to increase the number of patients interested in dialyzing at home.

Adolescent↗