Profile of Patients with Cleft Palate Fitted with Hearing AIDS

Overview

Journal Braz J Otorhinolaryngol

Specialty Otorhinolaryngology

Date 2010 Mar 9

PMID 20209293

Citations 3

Authors

Ticiana Cristina de Freitas Zambonato

Mariza Ribeiro Feniman

Wanderleia Quinhoneiro Blasca

Jose Roberto Pereira Lauris

Luciana Paula Maximino

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Abstract

Unlabelled: Cleft palates cause alterations in palate and lip structures, and it may also cause hearing loss because of recurrent otitis media. The appropriate treatment is controversial. It may include the prescription of antibiotics and insertion of a ventilation tube, or even otorhinolaryngological and audiological assistance, and hearing rehabilitation, with the use of an individual sound amplifier aid (ISAA).

Aim: To characterize the profile of individuals with cleft palate and hearing loss, users of ISAA are assisted by the center of otorhinolaryngology and speech therapy of a hospital specialized in craniofacial anomalies and hearing impairment. Retrospective Study.

Material And Methods: Retrospective analysis of 131 charts of patients with corrected cleft palate and hearing loss, fitted with ISAA by the center abovementioned.

Results: The sample (n=131) was characterized by a prevalence of females (53%), unilateral incisive transforaminal cleft (27%), presence of associated anomalies (51%), history of alterations of the middle ear (56%) and surgery intervention (56%).

Conclusion: The general profile of the individuals with cleft palate and hearing loss, fitted with ISAA, was characterized by the predominance of cleft lip and palate, positive history of middle ear alterations, surgery intervention and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.

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