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Introduction: The data submitted by the Center of Epidemiological Surveillance of the State of São Paulo indicates the number of children affected by infecto-contagious diseases increases yearly. Some of these diseases are considered to be of risk for hearing. Objective: Check and compare the occurrence of risk indicators of the Hearing Loss during the interval of 10 years in a maternity of São Paulo. Method: Quantitative and retrospective study carried out from the research and review of data of registers supplied by a maternity of the city of São Paulo. We surveyed the registers of babies who were born from January through December of the years of 1995 (n=2.077) and 2005 (n=5.129), including those who had risk indicators for deafness and prematurity, low weight and asphyxia, besides having a diagnosis confirmed or suspicion of infecto-contagious diseases of group TORSCH-A. Results: We reviewed reports of 565 children born in 1995, and 1047 born in 2005. Among the risk indicators of deafness, we noticed a significant difference for the indicator of prematurity and asphyxia and there was no significant difference for the low weight indicator. The risk indicators of prematurity, low weight and asphyxia were more frequent than Toxoplasmosis, Syphilis and HIV+. The children born in 1995 tended to have a higher number of risk indicators and/or diseases than those born in 2005 (p

Introduction The literature reports on high-frequency audiometry as one of the exams used on hearing monitoring of individuals exposed to high sound pressure in their work environment, due to the methods greater sensitivity in early identification of hearing loss caused by noise. The frequencies that compose the exam are generally between 9 KHz and 20KHz, depending on the equipment. Objective This study aims to perform a retrospective and secondary systematic revision of publications on high-frequency audiometry on hearing monitoring of individuals exposed to occupational noise. Data Synthesis This systematic revision followed the methodology proposed in the Cochrane Handbook, focusing on the question: "Is High-frequency Audiometry more sensitive than Conventional Audiometry in the screening of early hearing loss individuals exposed to occupational noise?" The search was based on PubMed data, Base, Web of Science (Capes), Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), and in the references cited in identified and selected articles. The search resulted in 6059 articles in total. Of these, only six studies were compatible with the criteria proposed in this study. Conclusion The performed meta-analysis does not definitively answer the study's proposed question. It indicates that the 16 KHz high frequency audiometry (HFA) frequency is sensitive in early identification of hearing loss in the control group (medium difference (MD = 8.33)), as well as the 4 KHz frequency (CA), this one being a little less expressive (MD = 5.72). Thus, others studies are necessary to confirm the HFA importance for the early screening of hearing loss on individuals exposed to noise at the workplace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Most children in the world attend school, hearing screening at schools is an opportunity to follow up newborn hearing screening and minimize the learning damage caused by hearing loss. The World Health Organization emphasizes the importante of hearing during the course of life. In Brazil, the Health Program in the school takes place with the interaction of the Primary Health CareTeams and the Education Teams, in the planning, execution and monitoring of prevention, promotion and evaluation of the health conditions of the students. Actions are planned according to the level of education, in Component I are forecast actions related to hearing health. Objective: To evaluate the performance of hearing screening in school of the national territory, based on DATASUS data. Method: Assessments of the students registration according to the school census of primary care of public education, compared with the Datasus Hering screening in school (0211070360) of the period between 2008 and 2021 Results: Students who went through school screening: 2008 (0.15%), 2009 (0.09%), 2010 (0.07%), 2011 (0.06%), 2012 (0.89%), 2013 (0.79 %), 2014 (0.84%), 2015 (0.06%), 2016 (0.05%), 2017 (0.51%), 2018 (0.10%), 2019 (0.06%), 2020 (0.01%), 2021 (0.03%). Conclusion: The results show that over the years there was no significant investment. School hearing screening is mandatory only in some parts of the world and there is a shortage of published data, studies highlight the urgency of global standardized school hearing screening protocols that would improve the robustness and potential impact of this intervention. Hearing screening, learning, health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction For infants under 6 months, the literature recommends 1,000-Hz tympanometry, which has a greater sensitivity for the correct identification of middle ear disorders in this population. Objective To systematically analyze national and international publications found in electronic databases that used tympanometry with 226-Hz and 1,000-Hz probe tones. Data Synthesis Initially, we identified 36 articles in the SciELO database, 11 in the Latin American and Caribbean Literature on the Health Sciences (LILACS) database, 199 in MEDLINE, 0 in the Cochrane database, 16 in ISI Web of Knowledge, and 185 in the Scopus database. We excluded 433 articles because they did not fit the selection criteria, leaving 14 publications that were analyzed in their entirety. Conclusions The 1,000-Hz tone test has greater sensitivity and specificity for the correct identification of tympanometric curve changes. However, it is necessary to clarify the doubts that still exist regarding the use of this test frequency. Improved methods for rating curves, standardization of normality criteria, and the types of curves found in infants should be addressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]