Fonoaudiología

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    Factores de riesgo asociados con la aparición de problemas auditivos en estudiantes de quinto a décimo ciclo de la Facultad de Odontología de la Universidad de Cuenca julio- enero 2022.
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2022-03-11) Idrovo Marcillo, Paula Tatiana; Ruíz Paredes, Nataly Katherine; Palacios Coello, Ruth Fabiola
    It is known that noise-induced hearing problems are common in various work environments, where there are high sound intensities, which exceed the permitted level up to 80 decibels (dB); with this background in the career of Dentistry, students who perform their practices are exposed to high levels of noise caused by dental equipment, being prone to hearing problems. General objective:To determine the risk factors that induce a decrease in hearing acuity in students of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Cuenca, 2021. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out, comprising a sample of 219 students of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Cuenca, to whom the survey method was applied, using Google Forms software. The data were tabulated and analyzed using SPSS version 23 and Excel 2010. Results: 219 students were registered, in whom the prevalent risk factor was exposure to noise from dental equipment measured in days per week (P= 0.01), with 20.1%. In addition, 47% of the total population presented tinnitus or tinnitus and 21% of the study population indicated a subjective decrease in hearing acuity. Conclusion: The prevalent risk associated with the appearance of hearing problems in the student population was the time of exposure to noise from dental equipment, causing tinnitus in 47% of them exposed between 5 to 6 days with 20.1%, the presence of tinnitus was relevant in the female sample with 24.2% with respect to the male sample with 22.8%; also 21% of the study population indicated a subjective decrease in hearing acuity.
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    Prevalencia de tinnitus en pacientes con hipoacusia neurosensorial de 40 a 60 años que asistieron al Centro Auditivo Audic Facial. Periodo 2020 - 2022
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2024-01-29) Báez Segarra, Kelly Vanessa; Rodas Molina, María Belén
    Tinnitus is a problem that has been increasing in society and is present for multiple causes, but the most common is the one that occurs in people with sensorineural hearing loss, being less frequent in conductive or mixed hearing loss, as a result of this problem. Therefore, determining the prevalence of tinnitus in patients with sensorineural hearing loss is of great interest for speech-language pathologists, in order to better understand tinnitus and its auditory and emotional consequences. American statistical data after the application of surveys carried out by the American Tinnitus Association (ATA), indicate that one out of every five inhabitants suffers from permanent tinnitus, estimating about sixty or seventy million people in the United States, of which 20% is severe (11,12), and it is also shown that 7% of the population has attended a consultation at least once for this reason. Tinnitus is a symptom and not a disease. By itself, it does not represent any diagnosis. It is a symptom of some other circumstance. The effects caused by tinnitus on the quality of life of patients with sensorineural hearing loss in the city of Cuenca have never been studied exhaustively, so it is pertinent to conduct such a study to determine the prevalence of tinnitus, establish the degree of disability and thus provide the best treatment to optimize their lifestyle.