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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2020; 24(04): e496-e502
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1701271
Original Research

Posturographic Analysis in the Elderly with and without sensorineural Hearing Loss

Daiane Soares de Almeida Ciquinato 
1   Pitagoras Unopar University, Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Science UEL-UNOPAR, Londrina, Parana, Brazil
,
Marcelo Yugi Doi
1   Pitagoras Unopar University, Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Science UEL-UNOPAR, Londrina, Parana, Brazil
,
Rubens A. da Silva
2   Laboratory of Functional Evaluation and Human Motor Performance (LAFUP) – UNOPAR, Professional Master’s in Physical Exercise in Health Promotion, Londrina, Parana, Brazil
3   Department des Sciences de la Sante, Programme de physiothéapie de l’Université McGill offert en extension – a l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Centre de recherche Intersectoriel en santé durable – UQAC, Laboratoire de recherche BioNR – UQAC, Saguenay, Québec, Canada
,
Márcio Rogério de Oliveira
2   Laboratory of Functional Evaluation and Human Motor Performance (LAFUP) – UNOPAR, Professional Master’s in Physical Exercise in Health Promotion, Londrina, Parana, Brazil
,
André Wilson de Oliveira Gil
4   Department of Physical Education, University State of Londrina, (UEL), Londrina, Parana, Brazil
,
Luciana Lozza de Moraes Marchiori
1   Pitagoras Unopar University, Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Science UEL-UNOPAR, Londrina, Parana, Brazil
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Abstract

Introduction Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a serious public health problem. Some evidence suggests a significant relationship between SNHL and balance disorders. The inability to maintain balance associated with SNHL while standing further increases the risk of falls among older people.

Objective To investigate the association between SNHL on the postural balance in elderly individuals of both genders.

Methods The sample consisted of 247 (166 women) physically independent elderly individuals, (mean age = 68.4 ± 6.0). The instruments used were the anamnesis and the pure tone audiometry for hearing loss, and for balance a force platform based in measures of center of pressure area and of sway velocity in the anteroposterior and mediolateral directions.

Results Presence of hearing loss (HL) was observed in 68% of the participants. We observed a significant association between SNHL and characteristics of balance between the groups with and without HL for center of pressure (COP) area (p = 0.010), anteroposterior velocity (p = 0.001) and mediolateral velocity (p = 0.020). There was a significant difference between the gender groups for center of pressure area (p = 0.004), anteroposterior velocity (p = 0.001) and mediolateral velocity (p = 0.001) with better performance in the female group. Amongst men, there was a difference between the ones with HL and those without it, for COP area (p = 0.049).

Conclusion In the present study, elderly individuals with SNHL exhibited more instability on the postural balance, and elderly men presented worse results in the test.

Keywords

aging - postural balance - rehabilitation - sensorineural hearing loss

Area

Audiology.


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FUNADESP.




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Eingereicht: 29. März 2019

Angenommen: 03. Dezember 2019

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
27. Februar 2020

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