Program for the conservation and promotion of hearing among adolescents.

MARIO R. SERRA; ESTER C. BIASSONI; MARÍA HINALAF; MARTA PAVLIK; JORGE PÉREZ VILLALOBO; CARLOS CURET; GLORIA MINOLDO; SILVIA ABRAHAM; JOSÉ MORENO BARRAL; RAÚL REYNOSO; MARÍA E. BARTEIK; SILVIA JOEKES; MARÍA R. YACCI

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Lugar: Detroit Michigan; Año: 2007 vol. 16 p. 158 - 163

1059-0889

Purpose: The presentation of a program for the Conservation and Promotion of Hearing aimed at the adolescent population with a view to: 1-detecting hearing disorders early as well as their relation to psychosocial and acoustic variables; 2- devising a follow?up of the studied variables; 3- analyzing the relation between hearing disorders and genetic factors; 4-raising social awareness on noise and its consequences. Method: The program, designed to be carried out along seven years, includes Technical Schools in the City of Cordoba (Argentina). Every student in those schools will be examined at ages 14/15 and will be re-examined at ages 17/18. There will be a yearly follow-up in cases in which some disorder is detected. Results and Conclusions:The planning and organization of the program together with its launching in the first of the selected schools are described as well as the latest findings on: a) The hearing state of the adolescents studied (aged 14/15); b) their recreational habits, personality traits and attitudes; c) the sound immision they are exposed to during their recreational activities.