Audiological study of an elderly Brazilian population.

Unlabelled: The Brazilian elderly population is growing, and already represents 8,6% of our total population. Environmental factors, lifestyle, gender and genetics impact the development of presbycusis, which reduces quality of life.

Aim: investigate audiologic and vestibular complaints in the elderly; perform tonal audiometry and check to see if there are differences between genders.

Delay in maturation of the auditory pathway and its relationship to language acquisition disorders.

We studied 81 children, mostly boys, who experienced language acquisition delay but whose audiometric thresholds were normal. We assessed the evolution of children with delayed maturation of auditory pathways by brainstem evoked response audiometry (BERA). We also used a questionnaire administered during diagnostic procedures to determine if there was a probable etiology in each patient.