Group follow up proposal for elderly with hearing aids.

Unlabelled: Implementing rehabilitation programs to hearing impaired adults is of great importance, mainly in the elderly population, and it is necessary to add them to the routine of outpatient care programs.

Aim: to present a group care program for elderly patients who are fitted with hearing aids.

Material And Method: to carry out a pilot study of clinical and experimental type, with the participation of 40 elderly users of hearing aids donated by the government, distributed within six groups, with maximum of eight participants jointly with their respective companions.

[Visual reinforcement audiometry with different sound stimuli in children].

Background: Hearing evaluation in children.

Aim: To verify the Minimum Response Levels (MRL) through the use of Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA) in the sound field, in 50 normal hearing children and in 25 children with hearing loss, taking into account the following variables: side of sound presentation, gender, age and type of stimulus.

Method: VRA was performed using pure tone frequency modulation (warble) and the Sonar System.