RENATA MOTA MAMEDE CARVALLO
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Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupacional, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
LIM/34 - Laboratório de Ciências da Reabilitação, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/34 - Laboratório de Ciências da Reabilitação, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- “Benefits of the pedicled osteoplastic flap as a surgical approach of mastoidectomy in cochlear implant surgery”(2022) LOPES, P. T.; BENTO, R. F.; GEBRIM, E. M. Mello Santiago; BECK, R. M. de Oliveira; CARVALLO, R. Mota Memede; SANCHES, S. G. Gandolfi; LESSER, J. C. CisnerosObjective: To evaluate the esthetic and functional results of an osteoplastic flap for mastoid cavity closure in cochlear implant surgery. Study design: Double-blind, prospective, randomized clinical trial. Setting: tertiary referral center. Intervention(s): On hundred and twenty-six patients were randomized in 2 groups for cochlear implant surgery. Cases (n: 63) underwent simple mastoidectomy using an anteriorly pedicled osteoplastic flap for mastoid closure. In controls (n: 63), a traditional periosteal flap was used. Evaluation with the POSAS questionnaire was performed 1 year after surgery to assess surgical wound esthetics. Sixteen patients from each group had postoperative CT-scans and wideband tympanometry to assess mastoid aeration and middle ear absorbance. Gender and time after surgery were correlated. Main outcome measure(s): Evaluation of the quality of the surgical wound with the application of a questionnaire validated in the medical literature and translated into Portuguese language called POSAS, considering the perception of the blinded patient and doctor regarding the surgical technique proceeded. A lower POSAS score suggests better esthetics of the surgical wound. Secondary outcomes are volumetric measurement of aeration inside mastoid cavity using 3D computer tomography exam, which aims to analyze the influence of fibrocicatricial retraction in the surgical wound into the mastoid and the interference of its aeration volume in the absorption of sound in the middle ear, using the wideband tympanometry exam. Results: The POSAS questionnaire in the Case group showed a lower level of local pain and itchiness, a skin color and thickness more similar to the surrounding skin and less irregularity and stiffness, with no influence from time after surgery and gender compared to the Control group. The median tomographic volume was 6.37 cc in the cases and 4.60 cc in controls. Wideband tympanometry showed general smaller sound absorbance in the Case group results, specially, at 1000 Hz frequency. No intraoperative or postoperative complications were observed with the osteoplastic flap. Conclusions: This technique is an effective and safe alternative to alleviate common problems of mastoid surgery for cochlear implantation. In addition to esthetic benefits, it has less interference in middle ear physiology of sound absorbance and less fibrous tissue into the mastoid cavity during the follow-up of more than 1 year.
- Medial olivocochlear function in children with poor speech-in-noise performance and language disorder(2017) ROCHA-MUNIZ, Caroline Nunes; CARVALLO, Renata Mota Mamede; SCHOCHAT, ElianeObjectives: Contralateral masking of transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions is a phenomenon that suggests an inhibitory effect of the olivocochlear efferent auditory pathway. Many studies have been inconclusive in demonstrating a clear connection between this system and a behavioral speech-in-noise listening skill. The purpose of this study was to investigate the activation of a medial olivocochlear (MOC) efferent in children with poor speech-in-noise (PSIN) performance and children with language impairment and PSIN (SLI + PSIN). Methods: Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) with and without contralateral white noise were tested in 52 children (between 6 and 12 years). These children were arranged in three groups: typical development (TD) (n = 25), PSIN (n = 14) and SLI + PSI (n = 13). Results: PSIN and SLI + PSI groups presented reduced otoacoustic emission suppression in comparison with the TD group. Conclusion: Our finding suggests differences in MOC function among children with typical development and children with poor SIN and language problems.
- Maternal smoking during pregnancy: Impact on otoacoustic emissions in neonates(2011) DURANTE, Alessandra Spada; IBIDI, Silvia Maria; LOTUFO, Joao Paulo Becker; CARVALLO, Renata M. M.Objectives: To determine the effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on transient evoked otoacoustic emissions levels in neonates. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study investigating neonates in the maternity ward of a university hospital in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. A total of 418 term neonates without prenatal or perinatal complications were evaluated. The neonates were divided into two groups: a study group, which comprised 98 neonates born to mothers who had smoked during pregnancy; and a control group, which comprised 320 neonates born to mothers who had not. In order to compare the two ears and the two groups in terms of the mean overall response and the mean transient evoked otoacoustic emissions in response to acoustic stimuli delivered at different frequencies, we used analysis of variance with repeated measures. Results: The mean overall response and the mean frequency-specific response levels were lower in the neonates in the study group (p < 0.001). The mean difference between the groups was 2.47 dB sound pressure level (95% confidence interval: 1.47-3.48). Conclusions: Maternal smoking during pregnancy had a negative effect on cochlear function, as determined by otoacoustic emissions testing. Therefore, pregnant women should be warned of this additional hazard of smoking. It is important that smoking control be viewed as a public health priority and that strategies for treating tobacco dependence be devised.
- Middle ear muscle reflex measurement in neonates: Comparison between 1000 Hz and 226 Hz probe tones(2015) LYRA-SILVA, Kilza Arruda de; SANCHES, Seisse Gabriela Gandolfi; NEVES-LOBO, Ivone Ferreira; IBIDI, Silvia Maria; CARVALLO, Renata Mota MamedeIntroduction: Middle ear muscle reflex (MEMR) evaluation assists in diagnosing hearing problems because normal responses depend on preconditions of a healthy auditory system. Studies in neonates recording the acoustic reflex with 226 Hz probes have described high rates of absence. Other studies using a high frequency probe have found higher rates of presence in normal neonates. However, few studies have compared results between low and high frequency probes in the same newborns. Objective: To comparatively assess the ipsilateral acoustic reflex recorded by 226 Hz and 1000 Hz probes in newborns. Method: A total of 77 newborns, with the presence of transient otoacoustic emissions, underwent tympanometry, wideband acoustic immittance, and ipsilateral reflex investigations with 226 Hz and 1000 Hz tone probes. Results: The acoustic reflex was activated at a much lower intensity with all activating stimuli using the 1000 Hz probe compared with the values of the 226 Hz probe. There was a higher incidence of ipsilateral acoustic reflexes recorded by the 1000 Hz tone probe compared to the 226 Hz tone probe. There was no correlation between the acoustic reflex thresholds and otoacoustic emissions. Conclusion: In newborns, the acoustic reflex measurements obtained with the 1000 Hz probe showed advantages over the 226 Hz probe.
- Alteration of distortion product otoacoustic emission input/output functions in subjects with a previous history of middle ear dysfunction(2012) CAMPOS, Ualace De P.; SANCHES, Seisse G.; HATZOPOULOS, Stavros; CARVALLO, Renata M. M.; KOCHANEK, Krzysztof; SKARZYNSKI, HenrykBackground: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of sub-clinical alterations on the amplitudes and slopes of the DPOAE input-output responses from subjects with previous history of middle ear dysfunction. Material/Methods: The study included 15 subjects with and 15 subjects without a history of otitis media in the last 10 years. All participants were assessed with acoustic immittance, pure-tone audiometry, and DPOAEs. For the later, I/O functions and I/O slopes were estimated at 1501, 2002, 3174, 4004 and 6384Hz. Results: No statistically significant differences were found between the 2 groups in terms of behavioral thresholds. The group with a previous history of middle ear dysfunction presented significantly lower mean DPOAE amplitudes at 2002, 3174 and 4004 Hz. In terms of DPOAE slopes, no statistically significant differences were observed at the tested frequencies, except at 3174 Hz. Conclusions: Middle ear pathologies can produce subclinical alterations that are undetectable with traditional pure-tone audiometry. The data from the present study show that reduced amplitude DPOAEs are associated with a previous history of middle ear complications. The corresponding DPOAE slopes were affected at only 1 tested frequency, suggesting that the cochlear non-linearity is preserved. Considering these results, it remains to be elucidated to what degree the DPOAE amplitude attenuation interferes with higher-order auditory tasks.
- Influence of obstructive sleep apnea on auditory event-related potentials(2022) PEDRENO, Raquel Meirelles; MATSUMURA, Erika; SILVA, Liliane Aparecida Fagundes; SAMELLI, Alessandra Giannella; MAGLIARO, Fernanda Cristina Leite; SANCHES, Seisse Gabriela Gandolfi; LOBO, Ivone Ferreira Neves; LORENZI-FILHO, Geraldo; CARVALLO, Renata Mota Mamede; MATAS, Carla GentilePurpose To evaluate the influence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on the P300 response of auditory event-related potentials (ERPs) and to correlate the electrophysiological findings with OSA severity. Methods Patients with no OSA and mild, moderate, and severe OSA according to polysomnography (PSG) with normal hearing and no comorbidities were studied. Individuals with a body mass index (BMI) >= 40 kg/m(2), hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, the use of chronic medications, and a risk of hearing loss were excluded. All patients underwent full PSG and auditory ERP measurement using the oddball paradigm with tone burst and speech stimuli. For P300 analysis (latencies and amplitudes), normal multiple linear regression models were adjusted with the groups (No OSA, Mild OSA, Moderate OSA, Severe OSA), age, BMI, and Epworth score as explanatory variables. Results We studied 54 individuals (47 males) aged 35 +/- 8 years with a BMI of 28.4 +/- 4.3 kg/m(2). Patients were divided according to the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) derived from PSG into no OSA (n = 14), mild (n = 16), moderate (n = 12), and severe OSA (n = 12) groups. Patients with severe OSA presented prolonged P300 latencies with tone burst stimuli compared to patients with no OSA and those with mild and moderate OSA. Conclusion Severe OSA is associated with impairment of the P300 response of auditory ERPs, suggesting a decrease in the processing speed of acoustic information that may be mediated by the level of somnolence.
- Wideband reflectance in Down syndrome(2016) SOARES, Jordana Costa; UROSAS, Juliana Granja; CALARGA, Karenina Santos; PICHELLI, Tathiany Silva; LIMONGI, Suelly Cecilia Olivan; SHAHNAZ, Navid; CARVALLO, Renata Mota MamedeObjective: Children with Down syndrome (DS) have a high incidence of middle ear disorders and congenital abnormalities of the external, middle and inner ear. Energy reflectance (ER), a wideband acoustic immittance (WAI) measurement parameter, can measure the sound energy reflected or absorbed in the ear canal over a wider range of frequencies more efficiently and faster than conventional single-tone 226 Hz tympanometry. The aim of the present study was to compare the WAI measurements of children with DS with those of typically developing, normal-hearing children according to their tympanometric findings. Methods: Four groups of children with Down syndrome (age range: 2 years and 4 months to 16 years and 3 months; mean age: 8.5 yr) with normal tympanograms (19 ears), flat tympanograms (13 ears), mild negative pressure tympanograms (6 ears between -100 and -199 daPa at the admittance peak) and severe negative pressure tympanograms (4 ears at -200 daPa or lower at the admittance peak) were assessed. All findings were compared with data obtained from 21 ears of a healthy control group (age range: 3 years and 1 month to 13 years and 11 months; mean age: 7.9 yr). The subjects underwent tympanometry with a 226-Hz probe tone frequency and ER measurements along the 200-6,000 Hz range with a chirp stimulus using the Middle-Ear Power Analyzer (MEPA3 - HearID) by Mimosa Acoustics (Champaign, IL), software, version 3.3 [38]. Results: Statistically significant differences were observed in the ER curves for some comparisons between the studied groups. There was also a negative correlation between the static acoustic admittance at the tympanic membrane level and ER measured with a chirp stimulus at 500 and 1,000 Hz. The discriminant analysis technique, which used a chirp stimulus at 1,000 and 1,600 Hz to classify the participants' data based on ER values, achieved a correct classification rate of 59.52% for participants with DS. Conclusion: While groups with abnormal middle ear status, as indicated by tympanometry, showed higher ER values compared to the DS tymp A group and the control group, similar reflectance curves were observed between control group and the DS tymp A group. WAI shows promise as a clinical diagnostic tool in investigating the impact of middle ear disorders in DS group. However, further research is required to investigate this issue in narrower age range group and a larger sample size.
- Relationship Between Distortion Product - Otoacoustic Emissions (DPOAEs) and High-Frequency Acoustic Immittance Measures(2016) CAMPOS, Ualace De Paula; HATZOPOULOS, Stavros; SLIWA, Lech K.; SKARZYNSKI, Piotr H.; JEDRZEJCZAK, Wieslaw W.; SKARZYNSKI, Henryk; CARVALLO, Renata Mota MamedeBackground: Pathologies that alter the impedance of the middle ear may consequently modify the DPOAE amplitude. The aim of this study was to correlate information from 2 different clinical procedures assessing middle ear status. Data from DPOAE responses (both DP-Gram and DP I/O functions) were correlated with data from multi-component tympanometry at 1000 Hz. Material/Methods: The subjects were divided into a double-peak group (DPG) and a single-peak group (SPG) depending on 1000 Hz tympanogram pattern. Exclusion criteria (described in the Methods section) were applied to both groups and finally only 31 ears were assigned to each group. The subjects were also assessed with traditional tympanometry and behavioral audiometry. Results: Compared to the single-peak group, in terms of the 226 Hz tympanometry data, subjects in the DPG group presented: (i) higher values of ear canal volume; (ii) higher peak pressure, and (iii) significantly higher values of acoustic admittance. DPOAE amplitudes were lower in the DPG group only at 6006 Hz, but the difference in amplitude between the DPG and SPG groups decreased as the frequency increased. Statistical differences were observed only at 1001 Hz and a borderline difference at 1501 Hz. In terms of DPOAE I/O functions, significant differences were observed only in 4 of the 50 tested points. Conclusions: The 1000-Hz tympanometric pattern significantly affects the structure of DPOAE responses only at 1001 Hz. In this context, changes in the properties of the middle ear (as detected by the 1000 Hz tympanometry) can be considered as prime candidates for the observed variability in the DP-grams and the DP I/O functions.
- Development of auditory perception in preschool children(2020) VILELA, Nadia; SANCHES, Seisse Gabriela Gandolfi; CARVALLO, Renata Mota MamedeObjective: The aim of this study was to determine whether the auditory skills presented by five-year-old children can predict their performance in auditory processing (AP) tests at seven years old. Design: Thirty five children were evaluated for AP at two different times. At evaluation 1, the children were between 5 years 2 months and 6 years 1 month of age, and at evaluation 2, they were between 7 years 1 month and 7 years 8 months of age. The interval between the evaluations ranged from 18 to 23 months. After evaluation 2, the 7-year-olds were classified according to their performance on central AP tests. The children were divided into three groups: GI included nine children with at least two AP tests that scored two standard deviations below the mean and the presence of a speech complaint; GII included 18 children with at least two AP tests that scored two standard deviations below the mean and no speech complaints; and GIII included eight children with no more than one test scored two standard deviations below the mean and no speech disorders complaint. The analysis was performed considering each test individually and as a battery of applied tests. From the results obtained, a discriminant analysis was performed to assess the differences in test performance between the groups when the children were 5 years old. Results: The discriminant analysis showed that with the results obtained during evaluation 1, it was possible to predict which group 74.3% of the children would be classified into after evaluation 2. The percentage of correct classifications for each group was 77.8% for GI, 66.7% for GII and 87.5% for GIII. That is, 87.5% of the children who were classified as GIII after evaluation 2 had already demonstrated good auditory performance in the tests applied at 5 years of age. Conclusions: Children who exhibited lower scores on AP tests at 7 years of age had demonstrated poor auditory perception at 5 years of age. This finding is relevant because it offers the possibility of stimulating or training these auditory skills in preschoolers to foster their development.
- Severe obstructive sleep apnea is associated with cochlear function impairment(2018) MATSUMURA, Erika; MATAS, Carla G.; SANCHES, Seisse G. G.; MAGLIARO, Fernanda C. L.; PEDRENO, Raquel M.; GENTA, Pedro R.; LORENZI-FILHO, Geraldo; CARVALLO, Renata M. M.The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with middle ear acoustic transference and cochlear function. Male individuals with and without mild, moderate, and severe OSA according to standard criteria of full polysomnography and no co-morbidities were studied. Subjects with BMI 40 kg/m(2), present or past treatment for OSA, with heart failure, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, stroke, use of chronic medications, and previous history of risk for hearing loss were excluded. All subjects were submitted to full polysomnography, evaluation of wideband acoustic immittance by energy of absorbance (EA), and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE). We studied 38 subjects (age 35.8 +/- 7.2 years, BMI 28.8 +/- 3.8 kg/m(2)) divided into no OSA (n = 10, age 33.6 +/- 6.4 years, BMI 26.9 +/- 4.1 kg/m(2)), mild (n = 11, age 32.8 +/- 2.9 years, BMI 28.5 +/- 3.5 kg/m(2)), moderate (n = 8, age 34.1 +/- 6.8 years, BMI 29.6 +/- 3.3 kg/m(2)), and severe OSA (n = 9, age 41.2 +/- 9.2 years, BMI 30.5 +/- 3.8 kg/m(2)). EA was similar between groups. In contrast, patients with severe OSA presented significantly lower DPOAE amplitudes when compared to the control, mild, and moderate OSA groups (p ae 0.03, for all comparisons). Acoustic transference function of middle ear is similar in adults with and without OSA. Severe OSA is independently associated with cochlear function impairment in patients with no significant co-morbidities.