Perfil dos pacientes do programa de saúde auditiva do estado de Santa Catarina atendidos no HU-UFSC

Abstract

Introduction:Hearing is one of the essential functions for the development of language and its deficiency may lead to several consequences. Objective:To describe the profile of patients of the Hearing Health Program of the State of Santa Catarina attended at the College Hospital of the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Method:We performed a retrospective study with the patients with hearing aid indication attended in the years 2007 and 2008. They were divided into 2 groups: children (< 18 years) and adult (> 18 years). We assessed the following: age, sex, loss type and degree, duration, co-morbidity and probable etiology. Results:304 reports were reviewed, 10.2% of the children group and 80.8% of the adult group. In the children group, the mean age was of 7.7±5,4 years, with 58.06% boys and 41.94% girls, and in the adult group the mean age was of 61±16 years, with 52.38% women and 47.62% men. The neurosensorial hearing loss was found more frequently in both groups. In the children group, the severe degree loss was more frequent, and in the adult group, the moderate and moderate to severe degrees were more frequent. The main etiologies were genetic/unknown causes in the children group and presbycusis in the adults group. Conclusion:In the children group, most was formed by boys with neurosensorial loss of light and severe degrees, duration > 1 year and without co-morbidities. In the adult group, most was formed by women with neurosensorial loss of moderate and moderate-severe degrees, duration > 5 year and with co-morbidities.

Qualidade de vida e determinantes sociais em usuários de aparelho de amplificação sonora individual

“…The complaints of hearing loss, tinnitus and dizziness coincide with results of a national study that evaluated the audiological profile of adults and the elderly in the city of São Paulo 4 . As for comorbidities, hypertension, cholesterol alteration, diabetes and heart problems were observed, which corroborate the results of the study that described the profile of patients seen in the Hearing Health Program at Santa Catarina, where it was observed that 30% of the participants had hypertension, 8.9% diabetes and 3.4% cardiopathies 8 .…”

“…Regarding the relative clinical findings, the data corroborate previous studies in terms of the predominance of the sensorineural type [7][8]16 and of the moderate degree [5][6]8,14,16 . The complaints of hearing loss, tinnitus and dizziness coincide with results of a national study that evaluated the audiological profile of adults and the elderly in the city of São Paulo 4 .…”

“…As a consequence of hearing loss, difficulties in communication, social isolation, depression and negative feelings can be mentioned that can directly affect the quality of life and the perception that the individual has of their health status [2][3][4][5] . The impacts of hearing loss may also have positive or negative influences on aspects related to health care, socio-demographic and clinical factors [2][3][5][6][7][8] .…”

Perfil epidemiológico de uma população com deficiência auditiva

“…Sensorineural hearing loss had the greatest prevalence, which was also observed in public hearing health programs in Santa Maria (RS) 15 , Montes Claros 17 , Florianópolis (SC) 22 , Ribeirão Preto (SP) 19 , São Paulo (SP) 18 and a predominance of moderate hearing loss is supported by studies from Monte Negro (RO) 4 , Santa 23 , a study also found that, due to insufficient financial resources, this population was not able to utilize PSAP until the establishment of Hearing Health Care Services.…”

Ocorrência dos indicadores de risco para a deficiência auditiva em um centro de saúde do Rio Grande do Sul

“…It is common for neonates to show the association of some RIHL, especially if they stayed in the NICU for more than five days (4) . It is known that multiple risk indicators increase the chance of compromising the auditory system and that the occurrence of hearing loss is higher in the group of children with these indicators (20,21) .…”