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    Reconhecimento de fala de indivíduos normo-ouvintes com zumbido e hiperacusia
    (Fundação Otorrinolaringologia, 2011-03-01) Hennig, Tais Regina; Costa, Maristela Julio [UNIFESP]; Urnau, Daila; Becker, Karine Thaís; Schuster, Larissa Cristina; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Departamento de Fonoaudiologia
    INTRODUCTION: Tinnitus and hyperacusis are increasingly frequent audiological symptoms that may occur in the absence of the hearing involvement, but it does not offer a lower impact or bothering to the affected individuals. The Medial Olivocochlear System helps in the speech recognition in noise and may be connected to the presence of tinnitus and hyperacusis. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the speech recognition of normal-hearing individual with and without complaints of tinnitus and hyperacusis, and to compare their results. METHOD: Descriptive, prospective and cross-study in which 19 normal-hearing individuals were evaluated with complaint of tinnitus and hyperacusis of the Study Group (SG), and 23 normal-hearing individuals without audiological complaints of the Control Group (CG). The individuals of both groups were submitted to the test List of Sentences in Portuguese, prepared by Costa (1998) to determine the Sentences Recognition Threshold in Silence (LRSS) and the signal to noise ratio (S/N). The SG also answered the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory for tinnitus analysis, and to characterize hyperacusis the discomfort thresholds were set. RESULTS: The CG and SG presented with average LRSS and S/N ratio of 7.34 dB NA and -6.77 dB, and of 7.20 dB NA and -4.89 dB, respectively. CONCLUSION: The normal-hearing individuals with or without audiological complaints of tinnitus and hyperacusis had a similar performance in the speech recognition in silence, which was not the case when evaluated in the presence of competitive noise, since the SG had a lower performance in this communication scenario, with a statistically significant difference.
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    Relação da presença de hiperacusia em pacientes com paralisia facial periférica de Bell
    (ABORL-CCF Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial, 2004-12-01) Liriano, Raquel Ysabel Guzmán [UNIFESP]; Magalhães, Sandra Lira Bastos De; Barros, Flávia [UNIFESP]; Testa, Jose Ricardo Gurgel [UNIFESP]; Fukuda, Yotaka [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
    Bell's palsy is a unilateral facial paralysis of sudden onset and unknown cause. It may affect salivation, taste and lachrymation depending on the site of facial nerve involvement. Patients can report supersensitive hearing. The stapedius reflex is absent in patients with Bell's palsy. AIM: The objective of the present study was to check if patients with Bell's palsy present hyperacusis. STUDY DESIGN: Clinical prospective. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Eighteen patients with peripheral facial paralysis were randomly selected and examined. Complete ENT evaluation was performed, including Hilger facial nerve stimulator, Schirmer's test, electrogustometry, pure tone testing, speech audiometry, immittance testing and discomfort loudness levels. The group aged 31-40 years was the most affected by peripheral facial paralysis in this sample. RESULTS: The incidence was higher in females (61%). The right side of the face was involved in 56% of patients. As to local involvement, grade IV was observed in 44% of cases and grades III and V in 28% of patients each. Only one patient (5.5%) complained of hyperacusis. All studied patients presented reduced tolerance threshold in the audiometric graphs, and stapedius reflex protects these patients by 16dB on average. CONCLUSION: Therefore, we could conclude that the frequency of complaints of hyperacusis in patients with Bell's palsy was similar to that of the general population; however, in audiometric terms, the tolerance threshold in the paralyzed side was lower when compared with the normal side.