Resumo: A Cinetose se caracteriza por intolerância ao movimento, resultante de um conflito entre as informações sensoriais. Surge freqüentemente durante a locomoção passiva em veículos, com presença de sintomas vestibulares e neurovegetativos. É um quadro clínico otoneurológico com elevada prevalência na população mundial, principalmente em crianças e adolescentes. A adolescência corresponde a faixa etária entre dez anos completos e vinte anos incompletos, período permeado por mudanças físicas, emocionais, mentais e sociais, sendo portanto, importante estar sempre atento às possíveis intercorrências nessa fase, que possam prejudicar o adequado desenvolvimento deste ser. O objetivo do estudo foi de avaliar o sistema vestibular de adolescentes com e sem queixas de Cinetose, por meio da vectoeletronistagmografia analógica. Foi desenvolvido no Laboratório de Pesquisas Otoneurológicas do Centro de Pesquisas Audiológicas do Hospital de Reabilitação das Anomalias Craniofaciais Universidade de São Paulo - Campus Bauru/SP. Foram avaliados 156 indivíduos de ambos os sexos, com idade entre 10 e 19 anos e 11 meses com e sem queixa de Cinetose. Os grupos foram pareados segundo sexo e idade. O grupo com queixa de Cinetose compôs a casuística estudada e o grupo sem queixa, a casuística controle. Como critério de inclusão para ambos os grupos, os participantes deveriam ter idade entre 10 anos completos e 20 anos incompletos, além da avaliação otológica e audiológica periférica normal. Para o grupo que compôs a casuística estudada, considerou-se como critério de inclusão a presença dos sintomas da Cinetose e como critério de exclusão a presença de qualquer outro sintoma vestibular, que não a Cinetose. Inicialmente foi realizada anamnese específica para garantir ausência de queixas otoneurológicas... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Motion sickness is characterized by movement intolerance, due to a conflict among sensorial information. It's frequently observed during passive locomotion in vehicles, with vestibular and neurovegetative symptoms. Motion sickness is an otoneurological clinical picture with elevated prevalence in the world population, mainly on children and adolescents. The adolescence corresponds to the age between ten years completed and twenty years uncompleted, period characterized by physical, emotional, mental and social changes, considered therefore, the importance of paying attention to all possible occurrences in this stage, which may possibly harm the normal development of this human being. The aim of this study was to evaluate the vestibular system of adolescents with motion sickness complaint, through an analogical vector-nystagmography. It was developed at the Otoneurological Laboratory of Researches Center at the Hospital for Craniofacial Anomaly Rehabilitation University of Sao Paulo- Campus Bauru/SP. One hundred and fifty six participants from both sex, were evaluated, aged from 10 to 19 years and 11 months, with and without complaints of motion sickness. The groups were separated by age and sex. The group with motion sickness complaint established this casuistic studied and the group without complaint, determined the control group. As an inclusion criterion for both groups, the participants should have been aged from 10 years completed to 20 years uncompleted, besides the otological evaluation and the normal peripheral hearing. To the group, which formed this studied casuistic, the presence of motion sickness was considered as an inclusion criterion, while the exclusion criterion was the presence of any other vestibular symptom. Initially a specific interview was performed to ensure the absence of otoneurological complaints... (Complete abstract, access undermentioned electronic address) / Orientador: Tamara Beres Lederer Goldberg / Coorientador: Sandra de Oliveira Saes / Banca: Kátia de Freitas Alvarenga / Banca: Leila Maria Vieira / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-02-01Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:32:25Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 mariotto_ldf_me_botfm.pdf: 827820 bytes, checksum: 575749f8c8e90097bf63b7e6c16b254f (MD5) / A Cinetose se caracteriza por intolerância ao movimento, resultante de um conflito entre as informações sensoriais. Surge freqüentemente durante a locomoção passiva em veículos, com presença de sintomas vestibulares e neurovegetativos. É um quadro clínico otoneurológico com elevada prevalência na população mundial, principalmente em crianças e adolescentes. A adolescência corresponde a faixa etária entre dez anos completos e vinte anos incompletos, período permeado por mudanças físicas, emocionais, mentais e sociais, sendo portanto, importante estar sempre atento às possíveis intercorrências nessa fase, que possam prejudicar o adequado desenvolvimento deste ser. O objetivo do estudo foi de avaliar o sistema vestibular de adolescentes com e sem queixas de Cinetose, por meio da vectoeletronistagmografia analógica. Foi desenvolvido no Laboratório de Pesquisas Otoneurológicas do Centro de Pesquisas Audiológicas do Hospital de Reabilitação das Anomalias Craniofaciais Universidade de São Paulo - Campus Bauru/SP. Foram avaliados 156 indivíduos de ambos os sexos, com idade entre 10 e 19 anos e 11 meses com e sem queixa de Cinetose. Os grupos foram pareados segundo sexo e idade. O grupo com queixa de Cinetose compôs a casuística estudada e o grupo sem queixa, a casuística controle. Como critério de inclusão para ambos os grupos, os participantes deveriam ter idade entre 10 anos completos e 20 anos incompletos, além da avaliação otológica e audiológica periférica normal. Para o grupo que compôs a casuística estudada, considerou-se como critério de inclusão a presença dos sintomas da Cinetose e como critério de exclusão a presença de qualquer outro sintoma vestibular, que não a Cinetose. Inicialmente foi realizada anamnese específica para garantir ausência de queixas otoneurológicas... / Motion sickness is characterized by movement intolerance, due to a conflict among sensorial information. It's frequently observed during passive locomotion in vehicles, with vestibular and neurovegetative symptoms. Motion sickness is an otoneurological clinical picture with elevated prevalence in the world population, mainly on children and adolescents. The adolescence corresponds to the age between ten years completed and twenty years uncompleted, period characterized by physical, emotional, mental and social changes, considered therefore, the importance of paying attention to all possible occurrences in this stage, which may possibly harm the normal development of this human being. The aim of this study was to evaluate the vestibular system of adolescents with motion sickness complaint, through an analogical vector-nystagmography. It was developed at the Otoneurological Laboratory of Researches Center at the Hospital for Craniofacial Anomaly Rehabilitation University of Sao Paulo- Campus Bauru/SP. One hundred and fifty six participants from both sex, were evaluated, aged from 10 to 19 years and 11 months, with and without complaints of motion sickness. The groups were separated by age and sex. The group with motion sickness complaint established this casuistic studied and the group without complaint, determined the control group. As an inclusion criterion for both groups, the participants should have been aged from 10 years completed to 20 years uncompleted, besides the otological evaluation and the normal peripheral hearing. To the group, which formed this studied casuistic, the presence of motion sickness was considered as an inclusion criterion, while the exclusion criterion was the presence of any other vestibular symptom. Initially a specific interview was performed to ensure the absence of otoneurological complaints... (Complete abstract, access undermentioned electronic address)

Submitted by Marlene Aparecida de Souza Cardozo (mcardozo@pucsp.br) on 2017-01-10T10:58:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Michele Picanço do Carmo.pdf: 2127171 bytes, checksum: f3e25ebfe1576eea3f63dbba02d6b485 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-10T10:58:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Michele Picanço do Carmo.pdf: 2127171 bytes, checksum: f3e25ebfe1576eea3f63dbba02d6b485 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Introduction: Noise can adversely affect cognitive performance, influencing in cognition, short-term memory, attention, executive functions, reading and writing, impairing cognitive performance and learning in children school age. Brazilian schools have noise levels above the recommended for acoustic comfort, which can interfere with the learning process. Objective: To investigate the effect of environmental noise in saccades, in concentrated and reading in a group of children with reading and writing alterations attention. Methods: We evaluated 42 children aged 9 to 10 years no hearing impairment, visual or reading and writing. Saccades were evaluated by Electronystagmography; attention was measured by Attention Test for Cancellation and the reading was assessed using Prova Brasil text. The tests were performed in the situation of silence and background noise of 76 dB (A) and 95 dB (A), previously measured in the classroom. Results: Noise caused no significant effect on speed, accuracy and latency of saccadic movements as well as the number of errors, successes, omissions and absences in attention test. In reading test were found differences in speed in the presence of noise. When exposed to 76 dB (A) and 95 dB (A) children read fewer words per minute than in silence. Conclusion: No significant noise effect in the tests, may be due to early exposure to noise, causing a habituation to noise. One can also think that the type of distractor used, cafeteria noise, was not enough to bring about the expected effects / Introdução: O ruído pode afetar negativamente o desempenho cognitivo, interferindo na cognição, na memória de curto prazo, na atenção, nas funções executivas, na leitura e na escrita, prejudicando o desempenho cognitivo e a aprendizagem de crianças em idade escolar. Escolas brasileiras apresentam níveis de ruído acima do recomendado para conforto acústico, o que pode interferir no processo de aprendizado. Objetivo: Investigar o efeito do ruído ambiental nos movimentos sacádicos, na atenção concentrada e na leitura em um grupo de crianças sem alterações de leitura e escrita. Métodos: Foram avaliadas 42 crianças com idades entre 9 e 10 anos, sem alterações auditivas, visuais ou de leitura e escrita. Os movimentos sacádicos foram avaliados através da Eletronistagmografia; a atenção foi pelo Teste de Atenção por Cancelamento e a leitura foi avaliada através de um texto da Prova Brasil. Os testes foram realizados na situação de silêncio e com ruído de fundo de 76 dB (A) e 95 dB (A), previamente medidos na sala de aula. Resultados: O ruído não causou efeitos significantes na velocidade, na precisão e na latência dos movimentos sacádicos, bem como no número de erros, acertos, omissões e ausências no teste de atenção. Na prova de leitura foram encontradas diferenças na velocidade na presença de ruído. Quando expostas a ruídos de 76 dB (A) e 95 dB (A) as crianças leram menos palavras por minuto do que no silêncio. Conclusão: O efeito não significativo do ruído nos testes realizados, pode ser decorrente da exposição precoce ao ruído, causando um efeito de habituação ao ruído e pode-se pensar também que o tipo de distrador usado, ruído de cafeteria, não foi suficiente para provocar os efeitos esperados

Professional research project (Au.D.)--University of South Florida, 2002. / Title from PDF of title page. / Document formatted into pages; contains 24 pages. / Includes bibliographical references. / Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. / ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of nystagmus found in healthy individuals during the positional testing subtest of the standard vestibular test battery. Positional testing involves moving the patient's head, and sometimes the entire body, into a variety of positions while observing eye movement. The hypothesis of the current study was that a relatively low percentage of participants would display nystagmus during positional testing used routinely in clinical diagnostic procedures. The findings were then compared to those of an earlier study in which 82% of normal, healthy individuals were reported to exhibit nystagmus during this testing. Twenty-five participants were selected that had no known otologic disease and who reported normal hearing sensitivity. / ABSTRACT: In addition, the participants affirmed they had not consumed any alcohol or taken any medications that are known to affect nystagmus. They were then observed in nine different positions. Forty-eight percent of the participants experienced nystagmus in at least one position. Although this percentage was considerably lower than that reported in the earlier study, methodological differences appear to account for the discrepancy. Specifically, the criterion for determining the presence/absence of nystagmus potentially explains the difference in full. / System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. / Mode of access: World Wide Web.

The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of nystagmus found in healthy individuals during the positional testing subtest of the standard vestibular test battery. Positional testing involves moving the patient's head, and sometimes the entire body, into a variety of positions while observing eye movement. The hypothesis of the current study was that a relatively low percentage of participants would display nystagmus during positional testing used routinely in clinical diagnostic procedures. The findings were then compared to those of an earlier study in which 82% of normal, healthy individuals were reported to exhibit nystagmus during this testing. Twenty-five participants were selected that had no known otologic disease and who reported normal hearing sensitivity. In addition, the participants affirmed they had not consumed any alcohol or taken any medications that are known to affect nystagmus. They were then observed in nine different positions. Forty-eight percent of the participants experienced nystagmus in at least one position. Although this percentage was considerably lower than that reported in the earlier study, methodological differences appear to account for the discrepancy. Specifically, the criterion for determining the presence/absence of nystagmus potentially explains the difference in full.

Summary: The aim of our study was diagnosis and rehabilitation of vestibular loss in patients with vestibular schwannoma. In the first part we focused on analysis of a group of patients before resection of vestibular schwannoma, mainly on evaluation of gain of posturography and on optimalisation of diagnostic algorithm of vestibular pathology. Throughout the second experiment, we studied if rehabilitation of postural gait with visual biofeedback will speed up vestibular compensation in patients after resection of vestibular schwannoma. The group consisted of 44 patients, who underwent surgical removal of vestibular schwannoma. Before surgery each patient underwent clinical vestibular examination, electronystagmographic recordings and posturography. In the second part of the study 17 patients from previous group were chosen. These patients underwent rehabilitation and rehabilitation with biofeedback. For evaluation was used independent samples T-test and cross-tabulation. A great number of variables were reduced by factor analysis. For statistical analysis of the group with rehabilitation was used nonparametric Wilcoxon signed rank test. Statistical analysis revealed that the most typical parameter for vestibular pathology is the time of the step quick turn test, which is a part of posturography. We proved...