[The impact on life quality due to oral conditions in people fifty years or above].

The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of socio-demographic variables and oral health conditions in the quality of life of non-institutionalized people aged 50 or above, living in Bauru, São Paulo State. Clinical oral examinations were conducted on a sample of 224 people including dental caries, periodontal disease and usage or need of dental prosthesis according to WHO suggestions for community dental health surveys. They were also asked to answer a questionnaire comprised of 49 questions about the impact of their oral status on the activities of daily living (OHIP).

Speech perception of hearing impaired people using a hearing aid with noise supression algorithms.

Unlabelled: Often, individuals with hearing loss have difficulties understanding speech in noisy environments.

Aim: It was the aim of this study to assess the performance of adult individuals with sensorineural hearing loss, associated with speech perception using digital hearing aids with a sound reduction algorithm called Speech Sensitive Processing, on and off, in the presence of noise.

Materials And Methods: This case study was performed with 32 individuals with sensorineural hearing loss of mild, moderate or mild to moderate level.

[Relation between oral health conditions and diabetes mellitus in a japanese population from Bauru-SP-Brazil].

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the oral health condition in a Japanese population aged 40 to 79, in Bauru, Brazil as well as its association with the occurrence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance. It involved 530 subjects, from both sexes. All persons of first generation (Issei) and a random sample of one third of second generation (Nisei) were submitted to a home interview.