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Alexandre Hundertmarck Lessa1, Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz, Maria Fernanda Manica-Cattani
1Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Abstract:
This study aimed to assess whether lipid-inflammatory-oxidative metabolism influences auditory processing skills, and whether they function in changing auditory performance after hearing aid fitting in the elderly. Twelve subjects with bilateral hearing loss were submitted to blood tests (to check their lipid-inflammatory-oxidative metabolism) and auditory processing skill tests. After 3 months of using the hearing aids, their auditory skills were re-evaluated and the data were correlated statistically. Oxidative stress levels mainly showed some impact on auditory temporal processing; such a relation and others should best be examined in further studies with larger populations.
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