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Thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen.

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Introdução: A principal questão que envolve o diagnóstico audiológico infantil é a determinação de procedimentos que configurem resultados confiáveis e objetivos, que possam ser utilizados na predição dos limiares auditivos por freqüência específica. Objetivo: Correlacionar os achados do potencial evocado auditivo de estado estável (PEAEE) com outros exames em crianças com perda auditiva neurossensorial. Método: Vinte e três crianças de ambos os gêneros e com idades entre 1 e 7 anos realizaram PEAEE, audiometria, potencial evocado auditivo de tronco encefálico (PEATE) click e tone burst e medida do reflexo acústico para aplicação da regra de predição do limiar auditivo a partir do reflexo acústico. Resultados: A correlação entre o PEAEE e audiometria variou de 0.70 a 0.93, para o PEATE click (2k e 4kHz) variou de 0.83 a 0.89, para o tone burst variou de 0.73 a 0.93. A concordância entre o PEAEE e a regra de predição do limiar auditivo foi considerada moderada. Conclusão: Houve correlação significativa entre o PEAEE e audiometria, assim como para o PEATE click (2k e 4kHz) e para o PEATE tone Burst. O reflexo acústico pode ser usado para acrescentar informações ao diagnóstico infantil / Introduction: The mainly question regarding pediatric audiolological diagnosis is determining procedures to configure reliable results and objectives, which can be use to predict hearing thresholds by frequencyspecifics. Objective: The purpose of this study was to study the correlation between auditory steady-state response (ASSR) with other exams in children with sensorineural hearing loss. Methods: Twenty-three children (age 1 to 7; mean, 3 yr) were submitted to ASSR, behavioral audiometry, click audiometry brain stem response (ABR), tone burst ABR, and predicting hearing level from the acoustic reflex. Results: the correlation between behavioral thresholds and ASSR was (0.70- 0.93), for the ABR tone burst it was (0.73 -0.93), for the ABR click it was (0.83-0.89) only at 2k and 4kHz. The conformity between the hearing loss degree the ASSR and acoustical reflex was moderate. Conclusion: There was significant correlation between ASSR, behavioral audiometry, click ABR only for 2k and 4kHz, tone burst ABR. The acoustic reflex can be use to add accuracy in the infant diagnosis

Similarities between the peripheral auditory and vestibular systems suggest that children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) may demonstrate vestibular and balance impairments. This hypothesis was studied in 40 children with severe to profound SNHL and unilateral cochlear implants (CI). Vestibular function was assessed with caloric, rotational, and vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) testing; balance was assessed with standardized static and dynamic tests. Horizontal semicircular canal function was abnormal in 53% (17/32) with caloric, and 39% (14/36) with rotational stimulation. Saccular function was absent bilaterally in 5/26 (19%) and unilaterally in 5/26 (19%) with VEMP. Balance abilities were significantly poorer (μ=12.9±5(SD)) than normal hearing controls (μ=17±5(SD); p=0.0006) and correlated best with horizontal canal function from rotational stimulation (p=0.004;R2=0.24). SNHL from meningitis was associated with worse balance function than other etiologies. Vestibular and balance dysfunction occurred in >1/3 of children with SNHL and CI, and is highly dependent on etiology.

Similarities between the peripheral auditory and vestibular systems suggest that children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) may demonstrate vestibular and balance impairments. This hypothesis was studied in 40 children with severe to profound SNHL and unilateral cochlear implants (CI). Vestibular function was assessed with caloric, rotational, and vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) testing; balance was assessed with standardized static and dynamic tests. Horizontal semicircular canal function was abnormal in 53% (17/32) with caloric, and 39% (14/36) with rotational stimulation. Saccular function was absent bilaterally in 5/26 (19%) and unilaterally in 5/26 (19%) with VEMP. Balance abilities were significantly poorer (μ=12.9±5(SD)) than normal hearing controls (μ=17±5(SD); p=0.0006) and correlated best with horizontal canal function from rotational stimulation (p=0.004;R2=0.24). SNHL from meningitis was associated with worse balance function than other etiologies. Vestibular and balance dysfunction occurred in >1/3 of children with SNHL and CI, and is highly dependent on etiology.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2004. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Introdução: A principal questão que envolve o diagnóstico audiológico infantil é a determinação de procedimentos que configurem resultados confiáveis e objetivos, que possam ser utilizados na predição dos limiares auditivos por freqüência específica. Objetivo: Correlacionar os achados do potencial evocado auditivo de estado estável (PEAEE) com outros exames em crianças com perda auditiva neurossensorial. Método: Vinte e três crianças de ambos os gêneros e com idades entre 1 e 7 anos realizaram PEAEE, audiometria, potencial evocado auditivo de tronco encefálico (PEATE) click e tone burst e medida do reflexo acústico para aplicação da regra de predição do limiar auditivo a partir do reflexo acústico. Resultados: A correlação entre o PEAEE e audiometria variou de 0.70 a 0.93, para o PEATE click (2k e 4kHz) variou de 0.83 a 0.89, para o tone burst variou de 0.73 a 0.93. A concordância entre o PEAEE e a regra de predição do limiar auditivo foi considerada moderada. Conclusão: Houve correlação significativa entre o PEAEE e audiometria, assim como para o PEATE click (2k e 4kHz) e para o PEATE tone Burst. O reflexo acústico pode ser usado para acrescentar informações ao diagnóstico infantil / Introduction: The mainly question regarding pediatric audiolological diagnosis is determining procedures to configure reliable results and objectives, which can be use to predict hearing thresholds by frequencyspecifics. Objective: The purpose of this study was to study the correlation between auditory steady-state response (ASSR) with other exams in children with sensorineural hearing loss. Methods: Twenty-three children (age 1 to 7; mean, 3 yr) were submitted to ASSR, behavioral audiometry, click audiometry brain stem response (ABR), tone burst ABR, and predicting hearing level from the acoustic reflex. Results: the correlation between behavioral thresholds and ASSR was (0.70- 0.93), for the ABR tone burst it was (0.73 -0.93), for the ABR click it was (0.83-0.89) only at 2k and 4kHz. The conformity between the hearing loss degree the ASSR and acoustical reflex was moderate. Conclusion: There was significant correlation between ASSR, behavioral audiometry, click ABR only for 2k and 4kHz, tone burst ABR. The acoustic reflex can be use to add accuracy in the infant diagnosis

Sclerosteosis is a rare genetic bone dysplasia disorder characterised by generalised craniotubular bone modelling. Alongside many clinical appearances marked in sclerosteosis, the auditory system is considerably compromised on several levels during the disease progression. Extensive otolaryngological research on the history of sclerosteosis, the clinical presentation of sclerosteosis, radiographic studies and the gene causing the condition had been documented. No studies had been found describing the audiological profiles, auditory functioning and abnormalities for subjects with sclerosteosis. Thus the object of this study aimed to describe the auditory profile of subjects with sclerosteosis. A cross-sectional descriptive research design and quantitative research approach was followed to investigate the auditory characteristics of subjects with sclerosteosis. Subjects were selected from a database of patients with confirmed diagnoses of sclerosteosis. Ten subjects responded and provided written informed consent. Test procedures included otoscopy, tympanometry, acoustic reflexes, diagnostic pure-tone airand bone-conduction audiometry, speech audiometry, distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE), auditory brainstem responses (ABR) and computed tomographic (CT) scans. The subjects were assessed with a comprehensive audiological test-battery within a single test session lasting approximately two hours. A CT scan was conducted on a separate occasion shortly after the audiological data were obtained. Normal type A tympanograms were obtained in 50% (n=10/20) of ears. All subjects presented with mixed hearing losses varying from moderate (5%; n=1), severe (55%; n=11) and profound (40%; n=8) degrees across ears. Hearing loss configurations ranged from rising (15%), sloping (35%) and air-conduction thresholds peaking at 2000 Hz (50%). Air bone gaps (ABG) were larger in older subjects, although not statistically significant (p>.05). The CT scans indicated anatomical abnormalities of the external auditory canal, tympanic membrane, middle ear space, ossicles, oval window, round window and the internal auditory canal. The progressive abnormal bone formation in sclerosteosis involved the middle ear, the round and oval windows of the cochlea and internal auditory canal. The progressive abnormal bony overgrowth, which is the hallmark of sclerosteosis, led to functional impairment at various levels in the auditory system. The current findings provided a comprehensive auditory profile for sclerosteosis. Results might be utilised alongside future research findings to direct criteria and audiological indications for surgical and audiological intervention. / Dissertation (MCommunication Pathology)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2014 / Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology / Unrestricted