Avaliação auditiva em uma população de estudantes da rede pública municipal

Abstract

Chi ldren need good hearing for adequate learning. Hearing screening in students is important because it allows cases that go unnoticed by the family may be detected. Aim:To evaluate hearing in children aged 4-15 years -public school students from pre-first to the fifth grade in the city of Cabedelo, Paraíba state. Material and Methods:A prospective study of 98 students referred by teachers of 18 public schools in Cabedelo, from June 2007 to June 2010. Students were examined by an otolaryngologist and underwent audiometric testing.Results: Eighteen schools were enrolled in this study. The student's age ranged from 4 to 15 years; 62% were male and 38% were female. Otolaryngological tests were normal in 85% of cases, and abnormal in 15% of cases. The most frequent findings were ear wax and tympanic membrane retraction. Audiometry demonstrated normal hearing in 66% of children and impaired hearing in 34%. Conclusion:Hearing Screening in school children is an important method for diagnosing hearing loss, especially in low-income populations.ORIGINAL ARTICLE Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2011;77(6):716-20. BJORL

Desempenho de escolares na avaliação audiológica básica e na tarefa de integração binaural

“…The results showed statistically significant difference in the basic audiological evaluation and high incidence of changes of middle ear and hearing deviant from normality, in the children from the GE, with higher incidence of hearing loss of the conductive type ( Table 1). The findings of the peripheral auditory evaluation are consistent with the literature, noting a high incidence of hearing loss of the conductive type schoolchildren (18,23) . Conductive loss must be identified and treated as early as possible, since hearing degradation can impair school performance, due to the loss of details that a sound information can possess (24) .…”

“…We found that the variable gender showed difference when comparing the groups, i.e., boys presented unsatisfactory school performance when compared to girls. The literature has already described this panorama and identified a greater number of male children obtaining negative school grades (16) , in addition to more referrals for multidisciplinary and hearing evaluations (17,18) . The influence of gender in school performance is not entirely clear and some studies suggested behavioral differences related to time devoted to reading, between boys and girls (19) .…”

Triagem do processamento auditivo central: contribuições do uso combinado de questionário e tarefas auditivas

“…Therefore, it should be noted that, based on the results of the otoscopy and tympanometry, the adequate conditions of the middle ear of the 67 children submitted to CAP screening in the school environment were ensured. This concern is justified due to conductive hearing losses being more recurrent in school-age children (20,21) .…”

Language Disorders Associated With Deafness

“…A integridade do sistema auditivo, tanto na sua área periférica quanto central, constitui um dos pré-requisitos para a aquisição e desenvolvimento normal da linguagem, sendo também um dos fatores primordiais para que o indivíduo tenha um bom desenvolvimento psicossocial, podendo expressar seus pensamentos, sentimentos e desejos e adquirir experiências de vida e conhecimentos 11,12 .…”