UNLABELLED The number of people with impaired hearing is increasing; knowing its magnitude is essential for public health. OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence and determinants of impaired hearing in Itajaí/SC. METHODS A population-based survey based on a World Health Organization protocol. Field research was carried out from July 2008 to 2011. Procedures for evaluating hearing in households: ...

Four experiments examined the disruption of rifle aim by intense noise bursts. In Experiment 1 a trigger pull was followed occasionally by a noise burst. Aiming was disrupted for 1-2 s, an effect that habituated within days and recovered between days. Expected stimuli were less disruptive than were unexpected stimuli. Experiment 2 demonstrated that weak auditory prestimuli 100 ms before unexpec...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to perform a critical and systematic literature review of studies on societal costs due to hearing disorders. DESIGN We used predefined search terms and inclusion/exclusion criteria. Systematic searches were conducted in Medline, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and other relevant websites. The review included studies written in English or Swedish be...

Background: Mother-child interaction and spiritual well-being can influence child behavioral disorders by affecting the motherchr('39')s mental health. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of mother-child interaction and spiritual well-being with child behavioral disorders through the mediation o mental health in mothers of children with hearing impairment. Methods: The stud...

UNLABELLED Subjects presenting difficulties in understanding speech with competing sounds may have absence of otoacoustic emission suppression and the acoustic reflex. AIM To study the performance of the efferent auditory system in normal hearing subjects complaining of difficulties to understand speech in noise. MATERIAL AND METHODS A prospective study comprising 50 normal-hearing subjects...

The article presents the results of assessing functional state autonomic nervous system in patients with circulatory disorders vertebrobasilar system. It has been established that addition neuro-reflex diagnostic methods (dynamic segmental diagnostics and manual examination) improves assessment sympathetic allows monitoring effectiveness etiopathogenetic therapy. application reflexotherapy biod...

1 Speech and hearing therapist (MS student in Human Communication Disorder Federal University of Santa Maria) 2 Speech and Hearing Therapist; PhD in Human Communication Disorders Federal University of São Paulo Paulista School of Medicine (Associate Professor Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Speech and Hearing Therapy Federal University of Santa Maria) 3 MD; PhD in Human Communication Disorder...

BACKGROUND Primary empty sella is a herniation of the sellar diaphragm into the pituitary space. It is an incidental finding and patients may manifest neurological, ophthalmological and/or endocrine disorders. Episodes of vertigo, dizziness, and hearing loss, have been reported. OBJECTIVE To determine the conditional probability, as well as the statistical dependency, through the Bayesian ana...