Audiometric control in telemarketing
Objective: This work intends to find hearing loss or audiometric shifts in a group of telemarketing operators.
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Rastreio auditivo em recém-nascidos de risco. Revisão casuística
Introdução: O diagnóstico precoce de surdez infantil é um requisito essencial para uma correcção apropriada da hipoacusia. Até recentemente o rastreio auditivo baseava-se exclusivamente na avaliação dos Potenciais Evocados Auditivos do Tronco Cerebral (PEA), um método exigente em termos técnicos, demorado e que implica frequentemente uma sedação da criança. O advento das Otoemissões Acústicas (OEA), […]
Sound intensity and audiometric findings in the odontologic practice
The goal of this assay is to establish if sound intensity is too high in the practice of odontology and if a group of dentists know and protect themselves from noise induced hearing loss.
Depressive disorders in relation to neurootological complaints like vertigo, dizziness, hearingloss and tinnitus
Depression is a mental state of depressed mood characterised by feelings of sadness, despair, and discouragement. Depression ranges from normal feelings of “the blues” through dysthymia to major depression. It in many ways resembles the grief and mourning that follow bereavement. There are often feelings of low self-esteem, guilt, and somatic symptoms such as eating […]
Study of the potential adverse effects of gsm cellular phones on hearing – european guard project
During the last years, cellular phones produced a real, total and incontrovertible revolution, involving the whole social and environmental domain. However, to date, there is only a reduced knowledge on what are the biological systems influenced by the use of this kind of devices. Among them, the produced electromagnetic fields (EMF) could affect, before any […]
Can noise induced hearing loss happen in elementary schools?
This work intends to find hearing loss or audiometric shifts in a group of elementary students and intensity of noise to which these students are exposed.
Appearance and characteristics of tinnitus in childhood
The appearance of tinnitus has risen clearly also in children within the last decades. 1550 children were questioned as to whether they have tinnitus. A total of 131 children said at the interview that tinnitus had appeared or was still present. The most frequent information was the progression of an existing hardness of hearing followed […]
Contribution of high click stimulus repetition rate in auditory evoked potentials in multiple sclerosis patients with normal mri
The purpose of this work was to evaluate if a stimulus reptition rate that is higher than 30 clicks/sec increases the sensitivity of the absolute latencies of waves I, III and V and interpeak intervals I-III, III-V and I-V in the Auditory Brainstem Responses.(ABR) of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients.
Hearing disorders in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (hcm)
In patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) coexisting sensorineural hearing disorders are present frequently. These disorders can be either cochlear or retrocochlear in origin. Our aim was to study the hearing function in patients with HCM and to compare this group with age matched controls . Our audiological investigations were performed in 44 patients with HCM. […]
Outcomes from clarion implantation in india
The results of the use of clarion implants in 30 Indian patients have been evaluated. Cases included in the study were prelingual & postlingual patients where the cochlea was normal and prelingual patients where the cochlea had a Mondini defect or was ossified. It was found that multiple speech strategies available with the Clarion implant […]
