Abstracts of the works presented at the 16th Academic Conference of Speech-language Pathology and Audiology of the Bauru School of Dentistry "Dra. Kátia de Freitas Alvarenga"

Abstract

to normal. Its incidence is similar between men and women. The age of patients ranges from 40 to 60 years. Thirty-four subjects with complaints of sudden deafness, 16 females and 18 males with a mean age of 39 years, participated of this study. Most participants showed unilateral complaint accompanied by tinnitus. All of them underwent the medical evaluation and then were referred for audiological assessment that included tests of pure tone audiometry (PTA) and impedanciometry. In the medical evaluation, 10 ears presented changes and 58 normal otoscopy. PTA in 65% of ears showed some degree of hearing loss and the mild degree and descendent curve were the most common. In speech audiometry, most patients showed discrimination compatible with the degree of deafness. In the impedanciometry, the tympanometric type A curve was the most frequent, and nine ears had recruitment. This study showed that sudden deafness causes varying degrees of hearing loss, being the mild one the most common. The etiology of this type of loss should be carefully investigated for appropriate intervention and imaging tests are often needed to clarify the diagnosis in cases of vestibular schwannoma.

Nursing training program in children’s hearing health: a proposal for interactive tele-education

“…Our experience with a newborn hearing screening program has shown that, despite the guidance provided to family members on the importance of carrying out NHS for the diagnosis and early intervention of hearing loss, the results obtained in the early years of the program indicated an average adherence rate of 90.52%, with evasion occurring both in the 2 nd stage of hearing screening (retest) and in the diagnostic process (2) . The role of the nursing staff is considered critical to the success of NHS (8)(9)(10) . According to a previous study, of the total number of newborns undergoing hearing screening at a maternity hospital in São Paulo, 52.4% underwent the procedure after hospital discharge, that is, the procedure was scheduled based on guidelines provided by the nursing staff at the time of hospital discharge (9) .…”

“…The role of the nursing staff is considered critical to the success of NHS (8)(9)(10) . According to a previous study, of the total number of newborns undergoing hearing screening at a maternity hospital in São Paulo, 52.4% underwent the procedure after hospital discharge, that is, the procedure was scheduled based on guidelines provided by the nursing staff at the time of hospital discharge (9) .…”