%0 Journal Article
%T Caracter¨ªsticas audiol¨®gicas de idosos com Vertigem Posicional Parox¨ªstica Benigna
%A Moreno
%A Nathali Singaretti
%A Andr¨¦
%A Ana Paula do Rego
%J Revista Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S0034-72992009000200023
%X benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (bppv) is one of the most common causes of dizziness; it constitutes the most common vestibular disorder in the elderly with vertigo. its characteristic clinical aspect is dizziness at head movement, with not hearing alteration. aim: this paper aims at studying the audiologic characteristics of elderly with bppv of the posterior semicircular canal. materials and methods: we carried out a retrospective analysis of threshold tonal audiometry exams of 37 senior citizens with posterior semicircular canal bppv and also of 37 elderly without complaints of dizziness and/or vertigo, and we studied the audiologic characteristics of the two groups. results: both groups had high rates of hearing loss, especially the descending curve sensorineural type, and there was no statistically significant difference between the groups. conclusion: having such data, we can conclude that posterior semicircular canal bppv has no impact on the hearing loss features of senior citizens; nonetheless, because of the spontaneous degeneration of the vestibulocochlear system, such population has a prevalence of hearing loss.
%K hearing
%K elderly
%K vertigo.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-72992009000200023&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en