Audiological study of an elderly brazilian population

Revista Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia

Clínica Otorhinus¹  D'Ottaviano, Fabiana Gonçalez¹  USP¹  Silveira, José Alexandre Médicis da¹  Zagati, Ludmila Lima¹  Marone, Sílvio Antônio Monteiro¹  Hospital Santa Marcelina¹  Lins, Eliane Maria Dias von Söhsten¹  SCSP¹  PUC-Campinas¹  Carmo, Luís Cláudio do¹ 

关键词: tonal audiometry;    elderly;    presbycusis.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-72992008000300006

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Associacao Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cervicofacial

【 摘 要 】

The Brazilian elderly population is growing, and already represents 8,6% of our total population. Environmental factors, lifestyle, gender and genetics impact the development of presbycusis, which reduces quality of life. AIM: investigate audiologic and vestibular complaints in the elderly; perform tonal audiometry and check to see if there are differences between genders. STUDY: Cross-sectional clinical prospective study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 320 elderly patients (160 men and 160 women) were submitted to audiologic interview and tonal audiometry. The results were statistically analyzed by the following methods: ANOVA, Mann-Whitney and Chi-Squared. RESULTS: audiologic and vestibular complaints (hearing loss, tinnitus, ear fullness, dizziness) were similar between the genders (except for dizziness: p<0,05); tonal audiometry showed a significant difference, with hearing loss in the high frequencies among men; and among women the curves were descending and flat. These results were statistically significant (P<0,001). CONCLUSION: our results lead us to conclude that, when the genders are compared, hearing loss in the elderly has similar symptoms; however, there are significant differences in tonal audiometry.

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