Auditory training for tinnitus treatment: a scoping review.

Objectives: Our study aimed to verify the evidence of auditory training employed in the audiological treatment of tinnitus in adults and older adults.

Methods: Scoping review based on a search for articles in journals available in MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase (Elsevier), LILACS (BVS), and Cochrane Library. Titles and abstracts of the retrieved articles were assessed by peers, following the eligibility criteria; they were afterward read in full text, and the references were hand searched in the results found.

A Study on the Reference Values and Cutoff Criteria of Masking Level Difference for Children Aged 7-12 Years.

The Masking Level Difference (MLD) test is one of the main instruments for investigating binaural interaction. Studies with children aged 7-12 years still disagree about the influence of age on test performance and present discordant reference values. This study aimed to verify the effect of age on the performance of children aged 7-12 years in the MLD test and to establish reference values and cutoff criteria for this age group.

Translation, Cultural Adaptation and Validation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Tinnitus Functional Index Questionnaire.

 Tinnitus affects a large portion of the world's population. There are several questionnaires being used for the evaluation of the severity of tinnitus and its impact in quality of life; however, they do not measure treatment-related changes. So, a new self-reported questionnaire was developed, the Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI), which has been translated into several languages.

Masking Level Difference: test-retest reliability assessment in normal hearing female university students.

Purpose: To verify the test-retest reliability of the Masking Level Difference in normal hearing female university students.

Methods: Prospective descriptive study with 78 young female adults without hearing complaints, submitted to the compact disc version of the Masking Level Difference by Auditec of Saint Louis. The threshold was determined by the difference between signal-to-noise ratios at hearing thresholds found in the antiphasic and homophasic conditions.

Auditory attention in individuals with tinnitus.

Introduction: Tinnitus is characterized by the presence of a sound in the absence of external sound stimulus. In individuals with normal audiometry, it may be associated with auditory attention difficulty, especially in those who report high tinnitus annoyance.

Objective: To investigate auditory attention ability in individuals with tinnitus complaint.

Translation to Brazilian Portuguese and Cultural Adaptation of the Craniocervical Dysfunction Index.

 Functional disorders of the craniocervical region affect 77.78% of Brazilian teachers. Among the most common instruments used to assess craniocervical disorders in a detailed and objective way, none had been translated to Brazilian Portuguese and adapted to Brazilian culture.

Quality of life related factors for parents of children with hearing loss.

Hearing loss among children, particularly those with severe and profound hearing impairment, has an effect on their communication and development, which in turn can have a significant impact on their parents. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of parents of children with hearing loss and identify the associated factors. A cross-sectional study was carried out involving parents of children that went through phonoaudiological therapy at a public university clinic in the city of São Paulo.

Body balance in elderly patients, 12 months after treatment for BPPV.

Unlabelled: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is highly prevalent in the elderly population, triggering major changes in body balance.

Objective: To compare the results obtained from static posturography in the elderly before and after otoliths repositioning maneuvers and 12 months after treatment onset.

Design: longitudinal, descriptive and analytical study.

Postural control in older patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a canalith-repositioning procedure in postural control of older patients with idiopathic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

Study Design: Prospective clinical trial.

Setting: A tertiary referral center.

Auditory temporal resolution threshold in elderly individuals.

Background: the Random Gap Detection Test (RGDT) evaluates temporal resolution threshold. There are doubts as to whether performance in this task remains unchanged with the aging process. At the same time, there is a concern about how much the difficulties of communication experienced by elderly individuals are related to the deterioration of temporal resolution.

[Tinnitus Handicap Inventory: cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese].

Background: Tinnitus can cause damage to the life quality of patients. The assessment of to what extent a patient's quality of life has been affected by tinnitus can be useful to understand the limitations imposed by this symptom. Also it can be useful for therapeutic programming and for the verification of therapy effectiveness (pre and post treatment evaluation).