Strategies for crowdsourcing hearing health information: a comparative study of educational programs and volunteer-based campaigns on Wikimedia.

Background: Several health institutions developed strategies to improve health content on Wikimedia platforms given their unparalleled reach. The objective of this study was to compare an online volunteer-based Wikimedia outreach campaign with university course Wikipedia assignments (both focused on improving hearing health content in Wikimedia's public digital knowledge archives), in terms of the reach of the contributions and the extent of the participants' input. A secondary objective was to examine the feasibility and the implementation of the different strategies.

Elderly people with hearing loss and cognitive decline: speech perception performance in noise.

Purpose: To verify the influence of verbal intellectual-cognitive skills on speech perception in noise, in elderly with sensorineural hearing loss, considering education, age, and degree of hearing loss.

Methods: 36 elderly between 60 and 89 years old with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss participated in the study. After psychological assessment using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Adults (WAIS-III), they were grouped into (GI) 24 elderly without cognitive alteration and (GII) 12 elderly with risk of cognitive alteration.

The effects of auditory stimulation on heart rate variability in healthy individuals with normal hearing and with hearing loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: To analyze the effects of auditory stimulation on heart rate variability (HRV) indices in healthy individuals with normal hearing and with hearing loss, regardless of type and/or grade, by means of a systematic review.

Research Strategies: This is a systematic review with a meta-analysis that addresses the following question: in healthy individuals with normal hearing and/or with hearing loss, what are the effects of auditory stimulation on HRV indices in comparison to silence? We consulted the Cochrane Library, Embase, LILACS, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases and the gray literature (Google Scholar, OpenGrey, and ProQuest).

Selection Criteria: There were no restrictions as to period or language of publication.

How should hyperbilirubinemia be considered in the definition of the hearing screening protocol for neonates at risk?

Purpose: To analyze hyperbilirubinemia as an indicator for the definition of risk protocol in newborn hearing screening (NHS) and in auditory monitoring in full-term and preterm neonates.

Methods: This is an observational, cross-sectional and retrospective study. A total of 554 children born in a public maternity hospital were included and divided into two groups: (G1) with 373 full-terms neonates; (G2) with 181 preterm neonates.

From research to clinical practice: An analysis of 226 Hz-probe tone tympanometry to identify otitis media with effusion in children.

Objectives: (1) To calculate the sensitivity and specificity of tympanometry with a 226 Hz probe to identify middle ear condition in children; (2) To propose the intersection range of static compliance and tympanometric peak pressure values obtained in ears with and without middle ear effusion.

Methods: 224 children's ears without middle ear alteration, with a mean age of 1 year and 4 months (GI), and 56 children's ears with middle ear effusion (GII), with a mean age of two years, were analyzed. For analysis, the static compliance and tympanometric peak pressure values obtained in the tympanometry with a 226 Hz probe were considered.

Usability evaluation of the Agente Escuta application: translational research.

Purpose: To evaluate the usability and satisfaction of users with the interface of the 'Agente Escuta' application, in addition to identifying problems and possibilities for improvement.

Methods: Descriptive exploratory translational study, characterized by a usability test with a quantitative and qualitative approach, subdivided into three stages: (I) prior evaluation of usability by 10 judges, including students, primary care professionals, professors and researchers in Information Technology and Speech Therapy; (II) evaluation of the application by the target audience, that is, community health agents from six municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte; (III) evaluation of the satisfaction of the agents who used the application in their work routine. The System Usability Scale and the Net Promoter Score were used, in addition to a qualitative evaluation of the opinions.

Wideband absorbance for the assessment of pressure equalizing tubes patency in children.

Objectives: To analyze the feasibility of using wideband absorbance to verify the patency of pressure equalizing tubes (PETs) in clinical practice and to present the response pattern of this measure for ears with patent PET.

Methods: This observational case-control type study evaluated 48 ears of 30 children with severe or profound hearing loss, aged 10-44 months, of both sexes. The subjects were subdivided into two groups: 24 ears with Sheppard type PET (experimental group - EG) and 24 ears with normal middle ear (control group - CG), paired with the EG, according to age, sex, and ear evaluated.

Nursing training program in children's hearing health: a proposal for interactive tele-education.

Objective: To verify the effectiveness of a nursing training program in the area of children's hearing health using interactive tele-education.

Methods: Interrupted time series with non-random control group pre-test/ post-test. A cohort of 41 nurses, with no previous formal training in hearing health.

Newborn hearing screening: the relation between bathing and the retesting rate.

Unlabelled: One of the goals of a Newborn Hearing Screening Program (NHSP) is to have a low retesting rate.

Aim: To investigate the association between the retesting rate and the bath of newborn babies.

Study Design: cross-sectional contemporary cohort.

Auditory assessment of alcoholics in abstinence.

Unlabelled: Alcoholism is considered the most relevant addiction in the international arena and few investigations have examined the association between sensorineural hearing loss and alcohol abuse, with conflicting results.

Aim: To analyze the effects of alcohol abuse on the auditory system of alcoholics in abstinence taking into account the duration of alcohol abuse and associated noise exposure.

Method: our series comprehended 75 individuals, divided into two groups: trial and control.

Auditory monitoring in ototoxicity.

Unlabelled: Some pharmaceutical products are capable of damaging the human auditory system. Technological progress has provided numerous resources to monitor hearing but there still is some controversy regarding the selection of the most sensitive and specific tests.

Objective: to analyze audiological procedures used in the auditory monitoring of individuals exposed to ototoxic medication.