CENTRAL AUDITORY PROCESSING IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

• Autor(a) principal: Bruner, Ana Paula [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Sato, Emilia Inoue [UNIFESP], Pereira, Liliane Desgualdo [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• dARK ID: ark:/48912/001300000s9kz
• Texto Completo: http://www.actareumatologica.pt/article_download.php?id=493; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/42086
• topic: Audiometry; Audiology; Central Nervous System Diseases; Lupus Erythematosus

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) patients can also present neuropsychiatric disorders, such as impaired memory and attention. Central auditory processing depends on a great number of skills controlled by the central nervous system.Objective: To characterize the performance of SLE patients, with and without neuropsychiatric disorders (NP), in central auditory processing tests.Patients and Methods: A prospective controlled study of Dichotic Speech and Temporal Processing Tests was carried out at a tertiary teaching Institution. Three groups were formed with 20 individuals each, totalizing sixty women with age varying from 18 to 48 years: Group I - SLE patients without neuropsychiatric disorders; Group II - SLE patients with neuropsychiatric disorders as well; and Group III - age and gender matched healthy controls.Results: Dichotic Speech Test showed similar results for patients in Group I and for healthy controls; however, most of the patients in Group II presented impaired performance with great variability of response. SLE patients (Groups I and II) presented a significantly lower performance in Temporal Processing tests than controls.Conclusion: SLE patients especially those with neuropsychiatric disorders presented impaired central auditory processing, which may contribute to the memory and attention impairment.