ELSA-Brasil: a 4-year incidence of hearing loss in adults with and without hypertension.

Objective: To compare the incidence of hearing loss among adults stratified by the occurrence of hypertension, and to investigate the association between hypertension and hearing loss.

Methods: Longitudinal observational study, part of the Estudo Longitudinal da Saúde do Adulto (ELSA-Brasil, Longitudinal Study on Adult's Health). Data from the first and second waves were analyzed, including information from audiological assessment and general health of the subjects.

The use of the dichotic digit test as a screening method.

Purpose: To analyze the use of the Dichotic Digit Test (DDT) as a screening method and to compare its performance with a self-perception questionnaire and other Central Auditory Processing (CAP)behavioral tests.

Methods: Cross-sectional, retrospective study with analysis of medical records. The study analyzed 66 medical records of children aged 8 to 11 years, and divided them into control group (G1), consisting of 34 children who did not show changes in the DDT, and the study group (G2) with 32 children who showed changes in the DDT.

Study on the application of the time-compressed speech in children.

Purpose: To analyze the performance of children without alteration of central auditory processing in the Time-compressed Speech Test.

Methods: This is a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study. Study participants were 22 children aged 7-11 years without central auditory processing disorders.