Learning Disability and Academic Performance among Primary School Children in Baghdad
Abstract
ABSTRACTBackground: Learning disabilities is a term includes children who have learning problems which are primarily the result of visual, hearing, and motor handicaps.
Objective: To provide base-line information for future work in school health services through screening programs. One of the serious risk groups of pupils are those with learning problems.
Methods: The study was conducted in 10 primary schools in Baghdad, from Nov 2003 to May 2004, on 1200 pupils who were examined for hearing and vision problems.
Results: The prevalence of difficult hearing was 9.3%, subnormal visual acuity 13.9%, strabismus 2.3%, amblyopia 0.7%, stuttering 3%, and delayed acquisition of speech 19.3%. No gender differences were found.
Conclusions: There was a significant relationship between low academic performance with hearing and visual problems. In addition, a significant association was also noted between low academic performance and pupils with history of speech-language delay (> 2 years).
Keywords: Learning disabilities, Academic performance, Primary school.
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