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Prevalencia y factores de riesgo asociados a hipoacusia en los trabajadores de la empresa Continental Tire Andina. Cuenca 2020
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2021-03-12) Quito Vidal, María Paz; Deleg Guazha, Liliana Magali
ABSTRACTHearing is the ability to process and interpret sounds through the sensory organ that is the earand it isone of the most important functions for the development of oral language. To know the auditory state, an audiometry is performed, this test is represented in an audiogram. Depending on the minimum hearing threshold, is diagnosed as normal hearing or hearing loss. The integrity of the auditory function is affected by the presence of risk factors associated with hearing loss, such as: exposure to noise, consumption of ototoxic medication, high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and a history of family deafness.General objective:To determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with hearing loss in workers of Continental Tire Andina company.Methodology: A descriptive and retrospective study was carried out in 178 workers of the company “Continental Tire Andina SA”, Cuenca city. The medical records were reviewed and the audiometric evaluations that were carried out in the period February-March 2020. The data were recorded in a collection form, the results were analyzed in the SPSS version 22 program and Microsoft Excel.Results:139users with normal hearing (78,1%) and 39 with a diagnosis of hearing loss (21.9%) were registered in the study. 10,3% of workers presented mild bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, the same ones who were exposed to noise between 70-85 dB for more than 25 years. 7,7% presented the same diagnosis but with 86-100dB noise exposure for 16 to 25 years or more. Regarding the age of the users exclusively with hearing loss, 38,5% were between 36-45 years of age. Themost prevalent risk factor associated with hearing loss was exposure to noise with 17,4%.Conclusion:78,1% of users were diagnosed with hearing withinnormal parameters. However, 21,9% of hearing loss was recorded including sensorineural, conductive and mixed. The main risk factor associated with hearing loss was exposure to noise.
Prevalencia de hipoacusia conductiva en usuarios del Centro Audiológico Benoit-Cuenca 2019
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2024-07-16) Guillen Lojan, Yadira Estefanía; Bernal Cordero, Paul Francisco; Deleg Guazha, Liliana Magali
Background: Hearing is the sense that allow us to be connected at all times with the outside world; a failure in any organ part of this sense produces hearing loss that could be partial or total, this pathology is the third most common disease in the world. Objective: Determine the prevalence of conductive hearing loss in patients who attended the Benoit Audiological Center in the city of Cuenca in 2019. Methodology: The study is a transversal descriptive type, the universe is finitely homogeneous, it is made up of 75 hearing tests runed on users of the Benoit Hearing Aid Center in 2019, the sample is purposeful since subjects with particular characteristics are chosen and we recollected information from the audiological center's database, the results will be presented in statistical tables of frequency, combined and measures of central tendency. The statistical analysis will include data tabulation in Excel and the results will be univariate in SPSS 2.0 software. Results, the age group that has presented the highest frequency of conductive hearing loss is between the ages of 5 and 15 years, representing 38.6% of the cases. Talking about gender, men constitute 54.6% of those affected, referring to otological history, earwax plug is the most common, affecting 44% of users. On the other hand, 84% of patients have altered otoscopy. In terms of otological diagnosis, 65.3% do not have a specific diagnosis recorded. In the audiometric results, it is highlighted that 30.6% of the cases present bilateral conductive hearing loss.
Prevalencia de hipoacusia en adultos mayores del Centro Audicfacial. 2018-2020. Cuenca. 2021
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2021-12-09) González Llivisaca, Joseline Samantha; Juca Gavilanes, Lourdes Patricia; Deleg Guazha, Liliana Magali
Hearing is a process that allows us to perceive and interpret sound stimuli from the external environment, it can be affected by genetic, congenital, biological, anatomical, environmental aspects, among others, which can occur at any stage of the life cycle, generate a unilateral condition or bilateral with different types and degrees of hearing loss. In adults, hearing changes occur as part of the auditory anatomy and physiology, which are associated with aging (1) (2). GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of hearing loss in older adults in the Audicfacial center. 2018-2020. Cuenca 2021. METHODOLOGY: Descriptive and retrospective study. The sample is made up of 126 users of the Audicfacial hearing center of the city of Cuenca, to obtain the data a review of the data was carried out, from the period 2018 - 2020, in users 65 years of age and older with hearing loss. The data obtained were recorded in a form, while their analysis was tabulated using the SPSS 24.0 free version and Microsoft Excel 2013, which allowed the preparation and construction of tables. RESULTS: The 57.1% of women had hearing loss, the age range with the highest prevalence is between 65 and 75 years with 54.8%, in which sensorineural hearing loss stands out with 74.6%, a moderate degree with the 42.9% and bilateral extension with 87.3%. Finally, in relation to occupation, “others” prevailed with a predominance of moderate sensorineural hearing loss with 27%.
Prevalencia de hipoacusia en conductores de buses urbanos de la empresa Lamcontri de la ciudad de Cuenca en el año 2019
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2021-05-21) Campoverde Parra, Carolina Lisseth; Guamán Martos, Wilmer Santiago; Deleg Guazha, Liliana Magali
Hearing is the ability of living beings to detect, discriminate and identify and process vibratory molecules coming from a medium that generates sound, allowing the acquisition of language and speech development, it can be affected by several factors and one of them is prolonged exposure to noise, being considered a health problem and one of the main agents that causes hearing loss, where one of the most affected sectors are drivers of urban transport, thus producing a progressive and slow hearing impairment, tinnitus, sleep disturbance, discomfort, headache, attention deficit, anxiety and cognitive impairment. GENERAL OBJECTIVE. To determine the prevalence of hypoacusis in drivers of urban buses of the company LAMCONTRI in the city of Cuenca in the year 2019. METHODOLOGY. Quantitative study of cross-sectional descriptive type, where the sample was purposive, through the review of phonoaudiological records and hearing tests performed to urban bus drivers of the company LAMCONTRI in the city of Cuenca, the same that were recorded in a data collection form and subsequently used for the elaboration of the study. RESULTS. In the present study it was determined that the LAMCONTRI company is made up of 55 drivers, of which 40 showed that 15 subjects had a diagnosis of hypoacusis, of which 14 had mild neurosensorial hypoacusis in the right ear with 43.5%, moderate with 8.7% and in the left ear mild with 34.8% and moderate with 4.3%; 1 subject presented bilateral mild conductive hypoacusis represented by 4.3% and there were no cases of mixed hypoacusis, in addition there was normal hearing with 72.73%
Prevalencia de hipoacusia en la población atendida por la entidad Audiocentro, Cuenca - Ecuador, 2019-2021
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2023-10-06) Montesdeoca Paida, José Alejandro; Pesántez Franco, Gema Lisbeth; Deleg Guazha, Liliana Magali
BACKGROUND: Sensorineural hearing loss is the total or partial inability to hear, which directly affects the amount of sound intelligibility at short, medium, or long distance, influencing the quality of life in psychological, cognitive, socio-emotional areas. The WorldHealth Organization (WHO) established a minimum of 26 dB HL as the threshold to consider hearing loss as disabling. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of sensorineural hearing loss in individuals aged 36 and older, who attended Audiocentro center in the City of Cuenca, Ecuador, from2019 to 2021. METHODOLOGY: This is a study with a quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive and retrospective approach in a time-line. Information was extracted from NOAH database with audiometric reports of patients aged 36 and older, who were treated at Audiocentro from 2019 to 2021. A review of independent variables (age, sex, origin, and occupation) and a dependent variable (hearing loss) was carried out. Data were recorded on forms and their tabulation was performed using the IBM-SPSS Statistics V 26 and Microsoft Excel software. RESULTS: Men aged 76 to 85 are more likely to experience moderate-severe (4.5%) bilateral (31.1%) sensorineural hearing loss (10.6%), while women aged 66 to 75 keep apredominant moderate (24%) bilateral (23.6%) sensorineural loss (8.2%). CONCLUSIONS: 98% of the population treated at Audiocentro from 2019 to 2021 reported their hearing deteriorated.
Prevalencia de hipoacusia en muy prematuros en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso durante el periodo 2014-2017
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2020-07-07) Saavedra Bermeo, Gabriela Estefanía; Rodríguez Bune, Mayra Elizabeth; Deleg Guazha, Liliana Magali
Hearing loss is considered one of the most common clinical manifestations in the world, which can be detected from an early age with subjective and objective examinations. The literature indicates that there is a higher prevalence of hearing loss in infants that born prematurely, which will subsequently cause emotional, professional and social problems. In Ecuador, hearing screening is performed on newborns to prevent future hearing loss. General objective: To determine the prevalence of the hearing loss in very premature infants in the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso during the period 2014-2017. Methodology: The medical records of the users who underwent auditory evoked potentials in the period 2014-2017 were reviewed, registering those who met the inclusion criteria in a form and tabulated with the SPSS version 22 program and Microsoft Excel. Results: A total of 36 users was obtained, where it was observed that maternal factors (66.7%) were the main cause of risk of prematurity. In addition, it was evidenced that 42.7% were diagnosed with normal hearing, in which 13.9% of them were exposed to ototoxic drugs. Finally, it was determined that there was a high percentage of sensorineural hearing loss with 36.1% of cases and 8.4% for both conductive hearing loss and mixed hearing loss. Conclusions: The 47.2% of the users were diagnosed with normal hearing, however, a high percentage of hearing loss (52.9%) was found, including sensorineural, conductive, and mixed hearing loss.
Prevalencia de hipoacusias en estudiantes de artes musicales de la Universidad de Cuenca, periodo septiembre 2020 – febrero 2021
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2022-06-03) Ordóñez Torres, Tatiana Verónica; Sumba Hidalgo, María Belén; Deleg Guazha, Liliana Magali
BACKGROUND: Hearing is the ability to perceive sounds that are transformed and captured by acoustic, mechanical and electrical waves that pass through the ear canal, this function can be altered by factors, such as: listening to music with loud audio, or staying in noisy environments, which can cause functional hearing damage. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of hearing loss in musical arts students at the University of Cuenca, period September 2020 - February 2021. METHODOLOGY: A retrospective descriptive study of a cross-sectional cohort was carried out, from the Proaudio iDempiere database; previously applied to the students mentioned above. A systematic review of the following data was carried out: sex, age, hearing diagnosis, semester, number of hours per week and years of exposure to noise, recorded on data collection forms. RESULTS: The mean age of the students was 20.85 years; 92.8% presented normal hearing, 7.2% manifested hearing loss, of which 3.6% have conductive hearing loss, and 4.08% sensorineural hearing loss. The sector with the highest prevalence of bilateral mild sensorineural hearing loss is between 21 to 23 years old (5.6%), enrolled between the fourth and eighth semester. 6.8% of users exposed to noise for more than four years expressed mild bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. CONCLUSIONS: It was determined that most of the students have normal hearing, however, a group has hearing loss. For this reason, it would be important to work on a hearing care guide for students and professionals in this area.
Prevalencia de pérdida auditiva en usuarios de la tercera edad del centro fonoaudiológico Audiolife. Periodo 2019
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2022-03-25) Cedillo Ochoa, Sofía Carolina; Cordero Cedillo, Juan José; Deleg Guazha, Liliana Magali
Background: Hearing is the most important sensory input channel of the human being, being the basis of communication, this process is generated by anatomically designed structures with a specific function, the auditory function remains conscious throughout life we are exposed to sounds the which are integrated and processed by the auditory cortex. When the sensory organ is exposed to risk factors it can cause deterioration of the hair cells in the organ of Corti. Among all risk factors, age is a cause of decreased audiological function and is known as hearing loss or hearing loss, which is a common clinical manifestation in the elderly population. Objective: To determine the prevalence of hearing loss in elderly users who attended the AUDIOLIFE speech therapy center in the period 2019. Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective and observational study was carried out. Its development was carried out from the Clinical History of the patients who attend the AUDIOLIFE Speech and Language Center in the period January 2019 - December 2019. Results: The prevalence of hearing loss found was 93.67%. The age group with the greatest hearing loss was located in users older than 75 years with a percentage of 54.1%, the majority of the population studied were men with 55.4% (n = 41). The type of hearing loss with the highest prevalence was sensorineural with 75.7%, the grade that occurred more frequently was moderate with 39.2% and in terms of extension, bilateral was predominantly evidenced with a 97.3%. The occupation that occurred most frequently was that of a seamstress with 39.2% (n = 29). All patients had one or more comorbidities. With the following distribution: 60.8% (n = 45) had hypertension, 33.8% (n = 25) of patients had DM and finally 20.3% (n = 15) of patients had hypercholesterolemia at the time of the poll.
Valoración del umbral auditivo de los conductores del Sindicato de Choferes Profesionales de la parroquia Baños. Cuenca 2018.
(2018) Brito Gómez, Jessica Fernanda; Quille Espinoza, Adriana Del Rocío; Deleg Guazha, Liliana Magali
ABSTRACT The following study was conducted in the city of Cuenca in the Union of Professional Drivers of the Baños parish, whose purpose was to determine the hearing threshold of drivers. The hearing loss due to noise exposure is increasingly frequent due to several factors such as the intensity generated by the means of transport, the exposure time in the environment in which they work as drivers, etc. (one). GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To assess the auditory threshold of the drivers of the Union of Professional Drivers of the Baños parish. METHODOLOGY: A descriptive, cross-sectional, prospective study was carried out. The universe consisted of 100 professional drivers from 30 to 60 years of the drivers' union. The data obtained will be analyzed in the SPSS 22 program. RESULTS: Through the application of auditory examinations to the drivers of the Union of Professional Drivers of the Baños parish, it was shown that 25% of the drivers presented hearing loss in the right ear, showing 16%, 7% and 2 % for mild, moderate and severe sensorineural hearing loss respectively and 44% in the left ear, showing mild sensorineural hearing loss (20%), moderate (15%) and severe hearing loss (9%), the age at which the hearing loss was more significant was from 41 years of age with 23% and the years that those who were more likely to have hearing loss was in drivers who worked more than 15 years.