The treatment of tinnitus is still a challenge. Acupuncture is recommended for the relief of tinnitus in traditional Chinese Medicine, although scientific evidence is lacking. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of acupuncture on the cochlear function in patients with tinnitus by analyzing otoacoustic emissions. Methods: Thirty eight patients with tinnitus were included in the prospective clinical study. Measures of transitory otoacoustic emissions and suppression of otoacoustic emissions were obtained from all subjects before and after acupuncture. Patients were assigned to one of two groups: intervention group 1 (n=19), in which needle acupuncture was applied at the temporoparietal point corresponding to the vestibulocochlear area, and intervention group 2 (n=19), in which the needle was applied 3cm cranially to this area (which is not a recognized acupuncture point). Results: There was a significant difference between the amplitude of otoacoustic emissions assessed before and after acupuncture in intervention group 1. No difference was observed in intervention group 2. Conclusion: Acupuncture had a significant effect on otoacoustic emissions in patients with tinnitus.
A latência do produto de distorção das emissões otoacústicas é definido como o tempo que o estimulo acústico leva para alcançar o local gerador da emissão otoacústica na cóclea e retornar ao meato acústico externo, no local do registro. A latência das emissões otoacústicas pode ser um instrumento útil para analisar mudanças na maturação coclear assim como os micromecanismos cocleares, já que há uma relação entre a latência das emissões otoacústicas produto de distorção EOAPD e a onda viajante coclear. Estudos em adultos mostram uma diminuição da latência com o aumento da freqüência sonora, variando de 13.8 ms em 787 Hz a 4.4 ms em 5 Hz. Esta diminuição ocorre devido à organização tonotópica da cóclea. São escassos os trabalhos nesta área e não são encontrados critérios de normalidade para estas medidas, principalmente em recém-nascidos. Objetivo: Sendo assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar as medidas da latência das EOAPD em neonatos nascidos a termo e não pertencentes ao grupo de risco para perda auditiva. Forma de estudo: Caso controle. Material e Método: Foram avaliados 31 neonatos, de ambos os sexos e nascidos a termo, sem intercorrências. O procedimento utilizado foi o programa Latencygram. As freqüências testadas foram de 3 a 6 KHz na intensidade de 70 dBNA para f1 e f2. Resultado: Os resultados obtidos mostraram uma diminuição da latência com o aumento da freqüência sonora e uma diferença entre os sexos. Lat ency of distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOE) is defined as the time that the acoustic stimulus takes to reach the site generating the otoacoustic emission, inside de cochlea, and the return to the external acoustic meatus, to be register. DPOE latency may serve as a useful tool to study cochlear maturational changes as well as the micromechanics of the cochlea, since a relationship between DPE latency and the cochlear traveling wave was observed. Studies on adults showed a decrease in the latency with an increase of the sound frequency, varying from 13.8 ms in 787 hz to 4.4 ms in 5 kz. This decrease occurs due to tonotopic arrangement of the cochlea. Studies on this area are rare in the literature and no criteria of normality are found for these measurements, mainly in newborns. Aim: Thus, the main of this study was to characterize the latency measurements of the DPOE in full-term newborns without any hearing risk. Study design: Control study. Material and Method: Thirtyone full term newborns of both sexes were evaluated. The procedure used was the "latencygram" program. The tested frequencies were 3 to 6 kHz at the intensity of 70 dBNA for f1 and f2. Results: The obtained results showed a decrease in the latency with the increase in the sound frequency and a difference between sexes was also observed. Renata Frasson dePalavras-chave: latência, emissões otoacústicas, neonatos.
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