Cribari Jociane, Ribas Angela, Fonseca Vinicius Ribas, Moretti Claudia Maoski, Zeigelboim Bianca Simone, Martins Jackeline, Rosa Marine Raquel Diniz da
Master's and Doctoral Program in Communication Disorders at the University of Tuiuti in Paraná - University of Tuiuti in Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Widex Speech-Language Center - Widex Speech-Language Center, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Int Tinnitus J. 2016 Jul 22;20(1):36-41. doi: 10.5935/0946-5448.20160007.
Evaluating quality of life for tinnitus patients has been an interest of several specialties that have seen the negative impact that the disorder has on people.
To assess and qualify tinnitus in a group of elderly hearing aid wearers.
A descriptive cross-sectional study involving 53 elderly patients with tinnitus without remission after wearing hearing aids. All subjects were submitted to: a medical evaluation, an audiological evaluation, acuphenometry, an investigation of tinnitus annoyance level and quality of life.
There were 20 men and 33 women. The mean age was 72.5 years. The sample was mostly characterized by having sensorineural hearing loss (84%), moderate to moderately severe (86%) and downward sloping (82%). With respect to the description of the tinnitus sound, the most common were a hissing sound (93%) of average pitch (84%). Regarding the subjects' perception of tinnitus, it was found that subjects had varying levels of annoyance: mild (25%), moderate (33%), severe (22%), most severe (20%). Men are more bothered by tinnitus than women. Most of the sample reported being satisfied or very satisfied with their quality of life.
It was possible to evaluate and qualify tinnitus in the sample. Although tinnitus is a frequent audiological symptom that interferes in the life of the elderly, in the sample it did not weigh heavily in terms of quality of life.
评估耳鸣患者的生活质量一直是多个专业领域关注的焦点，这些专业领域已经认识到该疾病对人们产生的负面影响。
评估并鉴定一组老年助听器佩戴者的耳鸣情况。
一项描述性横断面研究，涉及53名佩戴助听器后耳鸣仍未缓解的老年患者。所有受试者均接受了：医学评估、听力学评估、耳鸣测量、耳鸣烦恼程度调查及生活质量调查。
男性20名，女性33名。平均年龄为72.5岁。样本的主要特征为感音神经性听力损失（84%）、中度至中度重度（86%）及下降型（82%）。关于耳鸣声音的描述，最常见的是平均音调的嘶嘶声（93%）。关于受试者对耳鸣的感知，发现受试者有不同程度的烦恼：轻度（25%）、中度（33%）、重度（22%）、极重度（20%）。男性比女性更受耳鸣困扰。大多数样本报告对其生活质量感到满意或非常满意。
有可能对样本中的耳鸣进行评估和鉴定。尽管耳鸣是一种常见的听力学症状，会干扰老年人的生活，但在该样本中，耳鸣对生活质量的影响并不严重。
