Analysis of Anthropometric Measurements of the Craniofacial Area in 8-9-Year-Old Children with Hearing Loss

Abstract

Deaf children often have underdeveloped or absent nasal bones, resulting in a small nose, thin nostrils, and a flattened midface with a flat bridge of the nose. People with this disorder usually also have widely spaced eyes (ocular hypertelorism), constricted eye openings (narrowed palpebral fissures), a small upper jaw (maxillary hypoplasia), and a small mouth with pursed lips. The craniofacial region was measured and analyzed: the shape of the skull, face and chest in children with hearing impairment in the Bukhara region. Data on anthropometric indicators of the head and face-jaw area of hearing-impaired children were collected in order to compare them with anthropometric indicators of healthy children.