Avaliação auditiva em um grupo de escolares da cidade de Salvador

• Autor(a) principal: Pinto, Rafaela Roza
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12136
• topic: Otoscopia; Timpanometria; Audiometria; Testes de impedancia acustica; Otoscopy; Eudiometry; Tympanometry; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FONOAUDIOLOGIA

Hearing disorders can seriously hinder the development of school-age children. Symptoms of these disorders can be confused with other pathologies, hindering diagnosis. The objective of the present research was to study the audiological findings of school age children from ages 6 to 10 years who have attended pre-school (literacy studies) to 4th grade elementary in a private school in the municipality of Salvador. Method: Eighty-six children were evaluated, using medical otoscopy/otorhinolaryngology, tonal audiometry and tympanometry, as well as a questionnaire directed to the parents. Results: The otoscopy, done in 172 ears, showed that 41 ears (23.84%) presented partial or total impediment in the external acoustic meatus, making further examination impossible. Of the ears with impediments, 4 children (2.33%) showed alterations only in the right ear, 7 children (4.07%), only in the left ear and 15 children (17.44%) in both. In the audiometric evaluation, 163 ears (94.77%) were within normal range and 9 (5.23%) showed tympanic alterations. Of these, 5 (55.55%) were in the left ear and 4 (44.45%) in the right ear; 2.33% (4 ears) presented bilateral type "B" curves, 2.33% (4 ears) bilateral type "C" curves and 0.58% (1 ear) unilateral type "C" curves to the left. These same children presented alterations in the audiometry as well as the tympanometry. The questionnaire for the parents held no significant results. Conclusion: Audiometry and tympanometry are efficient procedures in identifying hearing disorders in school children. Although the questionnaire yielded no significant results, it should not be excluded from an audiological evaluation, only improved