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23/08/2010
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Another recurring question is how to heredity of symptoms, while intense. "Over 95% of cases of hearing loss is associated with problems of the patient's own ear," says the president of the Brazilian Association of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervico-Facial Surgery (ABORL-CCF).
Care
Use individual hearing protectors to reduce the time of exposure to loud noise or even completely remove noise are some of the tactics most recommended to treat tinnitus.
Emotional changes such as stress and abuse in the consumption of coffee, cigarettes and alcohol also affect your hearing. "Some of these substances cause vasoconstriction in the arteries that irrigate the ear," explains Ricardo Bento.
In situations of extreme tinnitus, metabolic and imaging tests are needed to clarify the procecimento to be adopted in treating the patient, says the expert.
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An alternative treatment uses sounds to distract attention from wheezing.
According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the perception of a sound that is not being generated in the environment affects 278 million people. In Brazil, 28 million are living with symptoms. But there are treatments that involve even the use of noise to "compete" with the hiss characteristic of tinnitus.
Known in the international scientific community as tinnitus, ear symptoms do not always originate in shrill noises. According to the doctor and professor Ricardo Bento, head of the department of otolaryngology at USP, many diseases can cause tinnitus, and several causes may be present in a single individual.
Ends with its tranquility. When I watch a movie on TV, I need to leave the volume in a whisper not to increase the problem, "José de Lourdes Toledo.
When caused by excessive noise, the buzz occurs due to an injury in the cells of the cochlea, due to strong pressure on the eardrum. As a symptom that varies in intensity among patients, tinnitus may be permanent or temporary.
"Whether it is possible that the trauma disappears after a few days after exposure to noise, as the patient may have a chronic injury that will last the rest of his life," he explains.
Bee violent
A business owner for resale of electric material, José de Lourdes Toledo, 70, living for 16 months with tinnitus. In the last three, the hiss - "like a bee violent" - grown and even the specialized medical consultation helped to identify the cause of the problem.
"I always wore ear protection in my work, I also use to come in very noisy places," said the trader. "It ends with peace of mind. When I watch a movie on TV, I need to leave the volume very softly so as not to exacerbate the problem."
Toledo said that the presence of wheezing in the way, especially in quiet situations. "During the night, I wake up and lose sleep, trouble tremendously," says the resident of the city of Limeira (SP).
Habituation therapy
A possible solution to the case of Jose may be in acoustic therapy, a technique that consists of using an alternative noise to encourage the patient to ignore the tinnitus or at least be aware that other sounds are present in the environment.
The method known as habituation therapy ear (TRT, its acronym in English) was developed by neuroscientist Polish Pawel Jastreboff and consists of the use of alternative sounds to compete with the buzz. The patient is not to focus attention on the tinnitus, going to report that the hiss "decrease or disappear."
Products through the use of acoustic therapy technology are already commercially available in hearing aids aimed initially for patients with hearing loss.
According to Sandra Braga, MS in speech pathology from the Catholic University (PUC) of São Paulo and spokesman Audibel, people with hearing problems often do not wish to notice that they are using a product to fix the symptom.
"Often the sound generator in hearing aids do not even need to be connected, in cases of patients with tinnitus and hearing loss," says the therapist. "The level of discomfort the person is equivalent to the attention she gives to the buzz."
Misinformation
Some people avoid it inform or even treat the problem. "We must caution, extreme tinnitus makes patients with depression, disrupts the routine work and personal and there are even cases of suicide," says Ricardo Bento. "The patient is important to know that there is always something to be done."
The doctor also highlights the difference between the symptom and hearing loss. "A small percentage of people living with tinnitus hear within normal limits" explains Ricardo. "The buzz is never the cause of hearing loss, can only be the result, an attempt to compensate for an ear problem."
Care is needed, tinnitus takes the patient to extreme depression, disrupts the routine work and personal and there are even cases of suicide "Ricardo Bento, head of the department of otolaryngology at USP.
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