Purpose: To evaluate and compare the dichotic listening abilities in non-hearing-impaired adults monolingual speakers of the Brazilian Portuguese language (CG) and simultaneous Brazilian Portuguese-German (GG) bilingual speakers or successive Brazilian Portuguese-Italian bilingual speakers (IG). Methods: This is about an observational, descriptive, transverse and quantitative research. The sample consisted of 87 subjects aged between 18 and 55 years, divided into: Control Group (CG), of 30 monolingual speakers of Brazilian Portuguese; Study Group A (SGA), of 31 simultaneous Brazilian Portuguese-German bilingual speakers; and Study Group I (SGI), of 26 successive Brazilian Portuguese-Italian speakers. The individuals were submitted to the Dichotic digits test (DDT) and to Staggered Spondaic Words (SSW). Results: The DTT results showed difference in right ear and total scores when comparing SGA to CG. Comparing the CG and the SGI, it was observed difference in right and left ears and total scores. Comparing the SGA and the SGI, no difference was observed between the groups. Results of SSW showed that both bilingual groups were significantly better in the right and left ears scores and even in total one when compared to CG. Comparing the SGA and the SGI, the SGI showed better significant scores in the right ear and total. Conclusion: Bilingual experiences seem to influence positively the ability of high predictability dichotic listening, evaluated by DDT, and the low predictability dichotic listening, evaluated by SSW test. The SSW results also showed statistically significantly better results for successive Brazilian Portuguese-Italian bilingual speakers when compared to simultaneous Brazilian Portuguese-German speakers.
It was verified that postlingual adult users of cochlear implants have significant alterations in temporal processing abilities in comparison to adults with normal hearing.
Mostly patients presents 60 years old or more, with no frequency difference between the sexes. The sensorioneural and moderate hearing losses were the most frequent ones, except in children. More than 99% of the patients were aided and the conducts were defined based in the audiological diagnosis and patient's needs.
Objetivo: avaliar a função cognitiva de idosos com perda auditiva através do Mini-Exame do Estado Mental (MEEM) e analisar os resultados encontrados de acordo com o grau da perda auditiva, idade, gênero e escolaridade. Método: foram avaliados 70 idosos com perda auditiva neurossensorial ou mista bilateral, de ambos os gêneros, sem experiência com o uso de próteses auditivas. Realizaram-se os seguintes procedimentos: audiometria tonal liminar, limiar de reconhecimento de fala, índice percentual de reconhecimento de fala, imitanciometria e aplicação do MEEM. Resultados: 38 (54%) idosos atingiram o ponto de corte – grupo passa - e 32 (46%) – grupo falha, não alcançaram a pontuação mínima no MEEM. Não ocorreu correlação significante entre o grau da perda auditiva e os grupos passa e falha. O grau da perda auditiva apresentou correlação significante com os resultados obtidos na categoria de linguagem. Entre os grupos, houve diferença estatisticamente significante nas categorias de orientação temporal, espacial, cálculo e linguagem, mas não nas de registro e memória. Ainda observou-se diferença significante entre a pontuação total no MEEM e a idade, mas o gênero não influenciou nos resultados do MEEM. Houve diferença significante entre o grau de escolaridade dos grupos passa/falha. Conclusão: o grau de perda auditiva mostrou correlação apenas com a categoria de linguagem. As categorias de registro e memória podem não ser suficientemente sensíveis para detectar qual idoso irá passar ou falhar no MEEM. Quanto maior a idade pior o desempenho geral no MEEM. O grau de escolaridade mostrou exercer influência no desempenho do MEEM.
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