Cochlear implant for profound hearing loss post COVID-19 complications.

• COVID-19 has been associated to Sensorineural Hearing Loss. • Cochlear implants may benefit patients with profound hearing loss post COVID-19. • Hearing rehabilitation should not be postponed in cases of deafness post COVID-19.

Comparison of Speech Recognition in Cochlear Implant Users with Different Speech Processors.

Background: Speech recognition in noisy environments is a challenge for both cochlear implant (CI) users and device manufacturers. CI manufacturers have been investing in technological innovations for processors and researching strategies to improve signal processing and signal design for better aesthetic acceptance and everyday use.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare speech recognition in CI users using off-the-ear (OTE) and behind-the-ear (BTE) processors.

The Effect of Citalopram Versus a Placebo on Central Auditory Processing in the Elderly.

Objective: Evaluate the effects of therapy with citalopram on the central auditory processing in the elderly measured by central auditory tests.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Antioxidant therapy in the elderly with tinnitus.

Introduction: Several approaches have been tried for the treatment of tinnitus, from cognitive-behavioral therapies and sound enrichment to medication. In this context, antioxidants, widely used in numerous areas of medicine, appear to represent a promising approach for the control of this symptom, which often is poorly controlled.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of antioxidant therapy for tinnitus in a group of elderly patients.

Phonological and semantic verbal fluency: a comparative study in hearing-impaired and normal-hearing people.

Purpose: To compare the performance of hearing-impaired and normal-hearing people on phonologic and semantic verbal fluency tests.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 48 hearing-impaired adults and 42 individuals (control group) with no hearing or language complaints. Sociodemographic data were collected, as well as the characteristics of hearing loss and of the electronic auditory device (hearing aids or cochlear implant), when relevant.

Speechreading as a communication mediator.

Purposes: To compare the speechreading between individuals with hearing impairment and with normal hearing levels to verify the factors that influence the speechreading among hearing impaired patients.

Methods: Forty individuals with severe-to-profound hearing loss aged between 13 and 70 years old (study group) and 21 hearing individuals aged between 17 and 63 years old (control group) were evaluated. As a research instrument, anamnesis was used to characterize the groups; three speechreading instruments, presenting stimuli via a mute video, with a female speaker; and a vocabulary test, to verify their influence on speechreading.

Narrative competence among hearing-impaired and normal-hearing children: analytical cross-sectional study.

Context And Objective: oral narrative is a means of language development assessment. However, standardized data for deaf patients are scarce. The aim here was to compare the use of narrative competence between hearing-impaired and normal-hearing children.