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Table 2 Distribution of facilities with diagnostic equipment for hearing loss by administrative region

From: Approach and solutions to congenital hearing impairment in Cameroon: perspective of hearing professionals

Region

ENTWS

OM

OAE

ABR

BA

PTA + T

CT

MRI

GT

UNS

 

N = 19

N = 10

N = 8

N = 9

N = 1

N = 18

N = 15

N = 4

N = 0

N = 6

Adamawa

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Center

11

5

5

5

0

9

7

1

0

4

East

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Far North

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Littoral

4

3

2

2

1

3

3

2

0

2

North

3

0

1

2

0

3

1

0

0

0

NW

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

South

1

1

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

SW

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

West

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

  1. ABR auditory-evoked brainstem response, BA behavioral audiometry, CT computerized tomography scan, ENTWS ear–nose–throat workstation, GT genetic testing, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, NW North-West, OAE otoacoustic emissions, OM operating microscope, PTA + T pure tone audiometry with tympanometry, SW South-West, UNS universal neonatal hearing screening