Pucci Beatriz Paloma Corrêa, Roque Nayara Michelle Costa de Freitas, Gamero Marcella Scigliano, Durante Alessandra Spada
School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Santa Casa de Sao Paulo School of Medical Sciences, R. Dr. Cesário Mota Júnior, 61 - 10° andar, Vila Buarque, CEP: 01221-020, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Santa Casa de Sao Paulo School of Medical Sciences, R. Dr. Cesário Mota Júnior, 61 - 10° andar, Vila Buarque, CEP: 01221-020, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Apr;95:51-56. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.01.036. Epub 2017 Feb 4.
To analyze acoustic absorbance using wideband tympanometry in neonates exposed to passive smoking during pregnancy.
A study comprising 54 neonates in the control group (CG - unexposed) and 19 in the study group (SG - exposed) was carried out. Subjects were submitted to the wideband tympanometry test and subsequent analysis of absorbance of 17 frequencies.
Low frequencies had a lower level of absorbance compared to high frequencies for both ambient and peak pressures, with no difference between the groups.
No effect of passive smoking on acoustic absorbance measurements in neonates was observed.