Research was carried out on various aspects of deafness in a West African population. A
national survey of childhood deafness was completed to discover the incidence and causes
of severe to profound hearing loss in The Republic of the Gambia. A large school screening
campaign was conducted to determine the prevalence of middle ear disease in Gambian
children. Smaller studies concerned the hearing loss among post-meningitis patients; the
disease pattern of audiology clinic patients in both urban and rural areas; the degree of …