Efficacy of oral health education among deaf and dumb children ( verbal and sign language based)- An interventional study

Effectiveness of verbal based and non-verbal based oral health education on self perceived oral health status and oral hygiene among children with hearing and expressive language disorder - An interventional study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2020/05/025077

Enrollment

Registered

2020-05-08

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: H913- Deaf nonspeaking, not elsewhere classified

Interventions

Intervention1: oral health education.: oral health education will give by using oral health education models to children. Control Intervention1: Oral health education: 30 children will be recruite fro

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Children diagnosed with hearing impaired using pure-tone air-conduction hearing thresholds. 2. Children diagnosed with expressive language disorder by speech language therapist. 3. Children within the age group of 10-15 years 4. Children whose parents give consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Children with age below 10 years 2. Children whose parents did not give consent to participate in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Oral Health StatusTimepoint: Base line, 3 Months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Plaque and Gingival indexTimepoint: Base line, 3 months	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactAarthy c s

Ragas Dental College & Hospital

madankumar21@yahoo.co.in7418216834

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026