Distortion-product otoacoustic emissions at ultra-high frequencies in parents of individuals with autosomal recessive hearing loss.

Purpose: To evaluate the cochlear function of parents of individuals with autosomal recessive gene Gap Junction Protein Beta-2 hearing loss by ultra-high frequencies distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs), compared with responses of a control group matched for age and gender.

Methods: We studied 56 subjects aged from 20 to 58 years, divided into two groups. The study group comprised 28 parents of hearing-impaired patients due to autosomal recessive inheritance, 14 females aged 20.

[Communication strategies used by individuals with moderate sensorineural hearing loss].

Background: communication strategies (CS) are mechanisms used to facilitate speech comprehension and the transmission of a message to another speaker.

Aim: to characterize the communication strategies used by 20 adults, fitted with hearing aids, with moderate sensorineural hearing loss.

Method: a 60 minute interview, with an audiologist, with and without the hearing aid.