Résumé
Hearing impairment has a significant impact on societies; Egypt is not excluded. Moreover, there is no database about the magnitude and distribution of the problems. Our study was started by survey was a household survey, which targeted the El Minia Governorate populations in its different Districts. El minia population is around 3,670389. The sample was chosen based on the multistage stratified clustering technique. The screening was done by the impedance Tympanometery studying the middle ear function and the otoacoustic emission [OAEI as a first phase for the hearing function integrity. Those who failed the screening were then tested by formal conventional pure tone audiometery [PTA] and auditory brainstem response audiometery [ABRI in children below 4 years as a second phase. Results showed that failure rate [hearing loss] in the first phase was 17.06% of the tested sample. The second phase hearing loss was 13.79%