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Objective: To describe the knowledge built regarding the effects on the hearing health of people exposed to outbreaks of conventional and unconventional weapons of war used in various armed conflicts. Materials and methods: Systematic exploratory review of the scientific production carried out in the last 20 years, between 1999 and 2019. The identification of bibliographic references was carried out through the consultation of databases and search interfaces such as BIREME.BR, Academic Oxford, EBSCOHOST, PubMed and Google Scholar. A total of 1801 references were retrieved and qualitative and quantitative research, scientific reports, and literature reviews were included in the review. A total of 41 articles were selected for full-text review. Qualitative synthesis was carried out due to heterogeneity in the studies. Results: There was a growing interest in the study of this problem throughout the period covered especially from English-speaking countries involved in international armed conflicts. The otology difficulties that were most reported after exposure to explosions by weapons of war were: perforation in the tympanic membrane, hearing loss, tinnitus; earache, dizziness or vertigo, and otorrhea. There are differential patterns between civilian and military populations. Conclusions: The auditory system is the most commonly affected system by overpressure due to explosion from devices used as weapons in armed conflicts. In addition to the reported otology difficulties, it is necessary to study the disability generated in those affected, as well as the psychosocial repercussions of the audiological symptoms established. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The study of children with problems of comprehension and auditory processing has aroused great interest in the last decades in audiology. This review intends to make an approximation to the history of the disorder, its definition, assessment instruments and treatment guidelines for neuropsychologists. The central auditory processing syndrome can explain many of the processing symptoms in children and adults with attention, language and learning difficulties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) evaluate the auditory pathway, and are a complementary test for tone audiometry in evaluating auditory diseases. The aim of the study was to determine BAEP mean latencies of waves and intervals, among healthy adults. Methods: Cross-sectional study, comprising 196 subjects, aged 16 to 65 years, without auditory diseases, to whom family and personal history were asked, physical examination and laboratory studies were made, as well as tonal audiometry, impedanciometry and BAEP. Results: A total of 107 men and 89 women were studied. The mean latency periods of waves I, III and V, and intervals I-III, III-V and I-V from both ears were similar. An increase in the latency periods for each age category was observed. Latency periods were significantly shorter in women compared to men. The predictors that increased the latency periods in the multiple linear regression models for waves and intervals were male gender and age >45 years. Conclusions: Age and sex were the variables that showed more statistical power to explain the latencies' differences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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BACKGROUND The wet ear surgery at the worldwide level has not changed its approach to therapy, so that operative paragraphs of this disease concepts are the same as 30 years ago and in the same order: 1) the elimination of infection and 2) the deaf surgery. OBJECTIVE To assess the results of this surgery with current concepts. MATERIAL AND METHOD We performed a descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective clinical records were analyzed medical records of 50 surgeries performed wet ear 30 years ago in the Specialty Hospital of the Western National Medical Center, Guadalajara, Jalisco. The dependent variable was: The difference between the curve of hearing air and bone hearing curve (gap) of the operated ear in the preoperative and postoperative three months. The intervening variables were: age, sex, otologic diagnosis, preoperative audiological diagnosis, types of surgical procedures, histopathology diagnosis and postoperative audiological diagnosis to three months. We calculated the average, standard deviation, minimum and maximum for age global and by sex and compared the difference by age between sex using the Student's T test, for other variables frequency tables were developed using an ordinal scale which is assigned the value 0 to the condition anacusia, the value of 1 to the hearing loss and the value of 3 to cases with normal hearing and applying Wilcoxon test and we evaluated the diagnostic changes between preoperative and postoperative audiological. RESULTS The analysis allows us to obtain a p < 0.001 whit the Wilcoxon test that underlies the good operative ability of otologist surgeons 30 years ago. CONCLUSIONS The study shows that doctors 30 years ago were good, because 70% of the operated patients were cured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Se anuncia el XXVII Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Española de Logopedia, Foniatría y Audiología (AELFA), que se celebra en la Universidad de Valladolid, España en julio de 2010. Se abordan temas que incluyen la intervención logopédica después de la cirugía orofacial y de cuello, la detección, evaluación y rehabilitación logopédica y protésica de los niños con hipoacusias profundas y el análisis de los trastornos específicos del lenguaje desde una perspectiva clínica y educativa.

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Se informa sobre diversas actividades relacionadas con la organización española AELFA (Asociación Española de Logopedia, Fonología y Audiología). En enero de 2009 se firmó un acuerdo con la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España, para fomentar el intercambio académico y científico. Se firmó en febrero de 2009 un acuerdo con la Fundación Española de la Tartamudez para colaborar en temas científicos y de formación profesional. Una sesión cientifica fue organizada por AELFA el 7 de marzo de 2009,.

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El artículo informa sobre dos congresos de AELFA (Asociación Española de Logopedia, Foniatría y Audiología) de España. En 2010 la entidad celebrara su 26 congreso internacional. En enero de 2009 se celebró el Congreso internacional de trastornos de la Comunicación en la Universidad de Talca, Chile. Los temas tratados en dicho encuentro incluyeron la audiología, los problemas del lenguaje y las intervenciones en trastornos del habla.

Se presentan noticias sobre la Asociación Española de Logopedia, Foniatría y Audiología (AELFA). Se informa que AELFA celebró una Jornada Científica junto con la Diplomatura de Logopedia de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) en Madrid, España en abril de 2009, que se presentó AELFA en el noveno Congreso EFAS (European Federation of Audiology Societies) celebrado en Tenerife, Islas Canarias en junio de 2009 y que se organiza el XXVII Congreso Internacional de AELFA para julio de 2010.

El artículo informa sobre los congresos de audiología que se llevarán a cabo en junio de 2009. El IX Congreso de la European Federation of Audiological Societies y las VI Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Audiología, a celebrarse en Tenerife, España, abordarán temas como el screening auditivo en adultos, avances en prótesis auditivas y la audiología infantil.