Perfil dos limiares audiométricos e curvas timpanométricas de idosos

Abstract

Ai m: to analyze the audiological profile of elderly patients seen in a clinic from an audiology school clinic in the city of Belo Horizonte.Methods: we studied all the charts from the patients who underwent audiologic assessment from April of 2004 and August of 2007 in an audiology clinic in the city of Belo Horizonte. Results:We studied the 313 audiological tests from patients 60 years of age or over. The results from the audiological evaluations as to the type of hearing loss were: auditory thresholds within normal standards -22.28%; sensorineural hearing loss -60.62%; mixed hearing loss -14.70%, conductive hearing loss -2.40%. The level varied between normal and profound. As to the tympanometry, 83.22% had the type A curve, and the other types of curves obtained made up a total of 16.3%. The percentage of individuals who did not undergo the test was 0.48%. 1.76% of the patients who had unilateral hearing loss and 98.24% had bilateral hearing loss. Conclusions:we found a greater prevalence of sensorineural hearing loss, and the degree of the loss varied from mild to profound, with a prevalence of the moderate degree. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2010;76(5):663-6. BJORL ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Perfil audiológico de idosos submetidos à reabilitação vestibular

“…According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the number of women in the Brazilian population is larger than the number of men, as the life expectancy of the former is longer compared to the latter 23 . Those facts account for the larger percentage of women among older adults 1,9 . In this study, dizziness predominated among the women, which corroborates reports in the literature indicating that the frequency of dizziness is significantly higher among women 1,13,20 .…”

“…Sara Alois de Abreu Martins (1) , Iara Bassi (2) , Patrícia Cotta Mancini (3) (1) Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. (2) Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.…”

“…Older adults, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), are individuals older than 65 years old; however, in Brazil, old age is considered to begin at 60 1,2 . Aging is associated with progressive and dynamic physiological changes, resulting in increased vulnerability and higher incidence of pathologies 1,3 .…”

“…Aging is associated with progressive and dynamic physiological changes, resulting in increased vulnerability and higher incidence of pathologies 1,3 . According to the WHO, by 2025, Brazil will rank sixth in the number of older adults worldwide, with an estimated elderly population of 32 million people a public hospital from August to December 2013 who met the inclusion criteria and voluntarily agreed to participate in the study.…”

“…From the audiological perspective, presbycusis is characterized by sensorineural hearing loss, with poorer auditory thresholds in the high frequencies 1,16 . It is considered to be the sensory deficiency most commonly associated with aging, with a prevalence of up to 35% among individuals aged 60 to 70 years old 26 .…”