Hearing deficiency in DRS - 6 cities: characterization of people attended at Hearing Health Division of HRAC-USP Bauru / A deficiência auditiva nas cidades abrangidas pela DRS-6: caracterização da população atendida na Divisão de Saúde Auditiva do HRAC-USP Bauru

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2009

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ZAMPRONIO, C. D. P. Hearing deficiency in DRS - 6 cities: characterization of people attended at Hearing Health Division of HRAC-USP Bauru. 2009. 86 f. Dissertation (Master Degree). Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto-USP. Hearing loss, present at birth time or established at an early age, presents a significant influence upon child development process. When it occurs in an adult individual it may lead to some isolation, separating him or her from its community, limiting his ability to act independently and autonomously toward society. Thus, any disturbance in normal hearing process, whatever the cause, severity or type might be, means a hearing change that may and can be avoided for the benefit of the health of the individual and the whole society. Objective: Characterization of hearing loss in patients attended at Hearing Health Division (HHD) of the Hospital for Craniofacial Anomalies Rehabilitation (HRAC), living in the 68 cities of the State of Sao Paulo comprising the Regional Health Department (DRS-6), according to some variables like age range, gender, socioeconomic level, school range, etiology, grade and kind of hearing loss. Methods: Survey of patients that started a treatment at the HHD of HRAC/USP, during the period from 1998 to 2007, living in the cities comprising the DRS-6 and that received an audiologic diagnosis of hearing loss at least in one of the ears. For a better visualization of the studied sample, the 692 subjects were divided in two groups, one living in Bauru and one living in the other cities of DRS-6. Results: There has not been any predominance between genders; elderly population represented a significant number of subjects compared to the other age ranges and most subjects belonged to low socioeconomic class. It was observed that the main etiologies found for both groups were: otitis, otosclerosis, and presbyacusis. Conclusion: Knowing the characteristics of a population, other surveys may be performed and changes made to make better the attendance quality for hearing loss people and, especially, the accuracy of differential diagnosis.

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saúde pública etiologia deficiência auditiva etiology public health hearing loss

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