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Desempenho ortográfico de escolares do 2º ao 5º ano do ensino público
2011
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Perceived Benefit From Hearing Aid Use and Life-Space Mobility Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
2018
Objectives: To examine the association between perceived benefit from hearing aid (HA) use and life-space mobility among older adults. Method: Cross-sectional analysis of 76- to 91-year-old community-dwelling adults ( n = 702). Data on perceived hearing with and without a HA were obtained via postal questionnaire and data on life-space mobility (Life-Space Assessment, range = 0-120) via phone interview. Results: Participants who perceived more benefit from HA use, had a better life-space mobility score ( M = 65, SD = 2.6) than participants who had less benefit from using a HA ( M = 55, SD = 3.2). Participants who benefitted more from HA use did not differ from those who did not have a HA (…
Audiologic and Subjective Evaluation of Baha ® Attract Device
2017
We included 9 patients implanted with Baha® Attract. All our patients were evaluated by free field tonal audiometry, free field verbal audiometry and free field verbal audiometry with background noise, all the tests were performed with and without the device. To evaluate the subjective component of the implantation, we used the Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI) and Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB). The auditive assessment with the device showed average auditive thresholds of 35.8dB with improvements of 25.8dB over the previous situation. Speech reception thresholds were 37dB with Baha® Attract, showing improvements of 23dB. Maximum discrimination thresholds showed an average…
Are smartphone applications (App) useful to improve hearing?
2020
Le App per smartphone possono essere utili per migliorare l’udito?L’obiettivo dello studio è quello valutare l’efficacia di un’App per smartphone creata con lo scopo di migliorare le performance uditive sia in soggetti normoudenti che in pazienti affetti da ipoacusia da lieve a severa. Si tratta di uno studio analitico multicentrico, eseguito tra giugno e dicembre 2017, che ha analizzato un campione di 68 pazienti di cui 55 ipoacusici e 13 normoudenti; a tutti i pazienti sono stati somministrati test audiologici specifici sia durante l’utilizzo della suddetta App che in assenza di ausili uditivi. Il protocollo di valutazione audiologica prevedeva l’esecuzione di un’audiometria tonale limina…
Hearing impairment and diverse health outcomes: An umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies
2021
Background: Globally, it is estimated that approximately 1.3 billion people live with some form of hearing impairment. Major causes of hearing loss include infection/disease, age-related factors, and occupational factors. Numerous systematic reviews and meta-analyses have attempted to synthesise literature on these topics. To date there has not been a systematic evaluation of the relationships between hearing impairment and diverse physical, mental, and social outcomes. Objective: We performed an umbrella review of systematic reviews of observational studies with meta-analyses for any physical disease, biomarkers of disease, mental health or cognitive outcomes, and/or modifiable risk factor…
Do Sign Language Videos Improve Web Navigation for Deaf Signer Users?
2010
The efficacy of video-based sign language (SL) navigation aids to improve Web search for Deaf Signers was tested by two experiments. Experiment 1 compared 2 navigation aids based on text hyperlinks linked to embedded SL videos, which differed in the spatial contiguity between the text hyperlink and SL video (contiguous vs. distant). Deaf Signers’ performance was similar in Web search using both aids, but a positive correlation between their word categorization abilities and search efficiency appeared in the distant condition. In Experiment 2, the contiguous condition was compared with a text-only hyperlink condition. Deaf Signers became less disorientated (used shorter paths to find the tar…
Screening of the USH1G gene among Spanish patients with Usher syndrome. Lack of mutations and evidence of a minor role in the pathogenesis of the syn…
2007
The Usher syndrome (USH) is an autosomal recessive hereditary disorder characterized by the association of sensorineural hearing loss, retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and, in some cases, vestibular dysfunction. The USH1G gene, encoding SANS, has been found to cause both Usher syndrome type I and atypical Usher syndrome. 109 Spanish unrelated patients suffering from Usher syndrome type I, type II, type III and unclassified Usher syndrome were screened for mutations in this gene, but only eight different changes without a clear pathogenic effect have been detected. Based on these results as well as previous studies in other populations where mutational analysis of this gene has been carried out, on…
Array-CGH and clinical characterization in a patient with subtelomeric 6p deletion without ocular dysgenesis
2011
Subtelomeric terminal 6p deletion has been recognized as a clinically identifiable syndrome including facial dysmorphism, malformation of the anterior eye chamber, hearing loss, heart defect and developmental delay. Genotype –phenotype correlations of previously published patients have been strongly suggested anterior eye segment anomalies as one of major malformation of the syndrome if the critical 6p25 region containing the FOXC 1 gene. In addition it has been hypothesized the presence in this region of one or more genes involved in hearing loss. We report on a case of terminal 6p deletion in a 47, XYY karyotype. Further characterization of the deletion with array comparative genome hybri…
Plantar pressure and EMG activity of simulated and actual ski jumping take-off
2001
Plantar pressures and activation of the four muscles (VL - vastus lateralis, GL - gluteus, TA - tibialis anterior and GA - lat. gastrocnemius) were measured from ten ski jumpers under simulated laboratory conditions with training shoes (Lab TS) and with jumping boots (Lab JB) as well as in actual hill jumping conditions (Hill). The most significant differences between measured conditions were found in muscle activation patterns and plantar pressures prior to take-off. The centrifugal force due to the curvature of the inrun under actual hill jumping conditions caused extra pressure under the fore and rear parts of the feet (P<0.001) and therefore higher activation in all muscles (P<0.001 for…
Chronic otitis caused by heterotopic brain tissue in pterygopalatine fossa
2007
Summary Heterotopic brain tissue is a rare is congenital anomaly, it may present at any age but it is frequently in infancy. This anomaly can occur most frequently in nasal region, although rests elsewhere in the digestive tract, in facial tissue or in lungs have been reported. Heterotopic brain tissue has been defined as a mass composed of mature brain tissue, outside the cranial cavity or spinal canal. We present a 9 years old girl with history of left chronic otitis and nasal obstruction caused by heterotopic brain tissue in pterygopalatine fossa.