Voice and Temporal Auditory Processing in Elderly People: A Correlation Study.

 The voice and hearing can be affected to different degrees by aging, which can cause communication difficulties for elderly people. Vocal production requires effective temporal auditory processing at central levels within the nervous system, which can be compromised by the aging process.  To analyze the correlation between voice and temporal auditory processing in older adults.

Masking release in cortical auditory evoked potentials with speech stimulus.

Purpose: To analyze the effect of masking on the Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential with speech stimulus in young adults.

Methods: Fourteen individuals aged between 19 and 28 years of both sexes with no hearing loss participated in the study. The Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential examination was performed with synthetic speech stimulus /ba/ simultaneous to Speech Shaped Noise presented under three conditions: steady noise with a 30 dB SPLep intensity (weak steady noise), steady noise with a 65 dB SPLep intensity o (strong steady noise) and modulated noise with 30 dB SPLep and 65 dB SPLep intensities at 25Hz and modulation period of 40 ms.

Family Health Team: reports of conduct on child hearing loss.

Purpose: To analyze the performance of family health teams toward the suspicion and identification of child hearing loss.

Methods: This is a case study. Data were collected in three focus groups with three family health teams of a health district in the metropolitan area of Recife, Brazil.

Positioning of earphones and variations in auditory thresholds.

Introduction: One of the problems observed in pure-tone audiometry tonal has been the variation in test results of a same individual, particularly at frequencies of 4kHz, 6kHz and/or 8kHz. Improper placement of headphones is one of the factors that can cause alterations in results.

Objective: To compare differences in auditory thresholds using earphones positioned by the examiner and by the worker.

[Hearing health of workers exposed to noise and insecticides].

Objective: To examine the peripheral auditory disorders in a group of workers exposed to organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides, used in vector control campaigns.

Methods: The prevalence study examined a population of 98 individuals who sprayed insecticides in campaigns for the prevention of Dengue, Chagas disease and Yellow fever. The sampling approach was finalistic, and included the workers in a health district of Pernambuco, during the year 2000.

Occupational exposure to insecticides and their effects on the auditory system.

The objective of this investigation was to study the effects of occupational exposure to organophosphates and pyrethroid insecticides on the central auditory system. The study group consisted of 98 workers exposed to insecticides and 54 non-exposed workers. Data on work history, medical history, present diseases, occupational and non-occupational exposure to noise or chemicals and lifestyle factors were obtained through an interview.