"Insert earphones: a study in normal and hearing impaired children"

• Grant number: 10/02052-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2010
• End date: December 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Speech Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Daniela Gil
• Grantee: Aline Cristina Rocha Fiori de Souza
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The objective of this study is to compare hearing thresholds obtained with supra aural and insertion in 30 children divided into two groups: the first child with normal hearing and second children with sensorineural hearing loss.With this study we can see whether there are differences between the two types of phones in both groups and the advantages and disadvantages of using the same for hearing impaired children and normal hearing children