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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306052.v1
title: Cognitive-linguistic performance of schoolchildren in the literacy cycle in the public school context: universal screening

description: ABSTRACT Objective: to characterize the linguistic-cognitive performance of schoolchildren in the literacy cycle, in order to identify children at risk for learning disorders in the public school context. Methods: this study involved 88 children, aged 6 to 8 years, enrolled in the first, second and third year of elementary education I, from two schools in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. The procedure used was the Cognitive-Linguistic Skills Evaluation Protocol, which has collective and individual versions, both being applied. The analysis of the groups was performed through the statistical non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test with p &lt;0.05. Results: all students were submitted to the individual version for presenting poor performance in the collective version of the protocol. Thus, the application of the collective version was not sufficient to identify children at risk for learning disorders, thus, the indication of the individual assessment. In the individual version, students from the 1st year showed a lower performance in most of the subtests that make up the instrument, whereas those from the 2nd and 3rd years had an average performance, which also deserves attention, according to the instrument of evaluation. These results, below the one expected for the age and school year, may be a consequence of poor learning opportunities within and outside school. There were also significant differences as a function of the schooling advance, revealing that the cognitive-linguistic skills, precursors of the reading and writing learning process, are only having a greater leap of development at the end of the literacy cycle, in the third year, which reveals a significant delay in terms of learning. Conclusion: the low performance observed in cognitive-linguistic abilities in schoolchildren hinders the early identification of children at risk for learning disorders and questions the quality of educational opportunities experienced by the students inside and outside the public school. Other factors, such as regional differences in language and linguistic context, need to be considered in the interpretation of tests that evaluate cognitive-linguistic abilities.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306051.v1
title: The influence of the bimodal stimulation on the auditory ability of temporal ordering

description: ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze temporal ordering auditory ability in unilateral cochlear implant users with bimodal stimulation. Methods: the study included 15 unilateral cochlear implant users, six with bimodal stimulation and nine with exclusive cochlear implant and a control group consisting of 15 hearing individuals. Both groups underwent the standard duration and the standard frequency tests for temporal ordering auditory ability analysis. In the inferential analysis of the data, the nonparametric statistical tests Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis were used (p&lt;0,05). Results: there was a significant difference in the performance of the standard frequency test, and subjects with bimodal stimulation presented a better performance than those with exclusive cochlear implants. The standard frequency test was associated with education and speech therapy. On the other hand, in the standard duration test, there was a relation with the implanted ear. The most frequent errors were discrimination for both temporal tests. Conclusion: bimodal stimulation, education and speech therapy influenced the performance of the frequency pattern test, while the implanted side influenced the performance of the duration pattern test.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306048.v1
title: Correlation between receptive vocabulary skill, syntactic awareness, and word writing

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to verify the correlation between receptive vocabulary, syntactic awareness, and single-word orthographic writing tests. Methods: a total of 42 third graders from elementary public schools, of both genders, aged 8 to 9 years, participated in this study. To obtain the data, the vocabulary test through images, syntactic awareness test, word dictation test, and writing under dictation test were used. For normality distribution, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used; in the relationship between the variables, the Spearman correlation test and the R2 value test were used (p-value ≤ 0.05). Results: there was a statistically significant difference, with a moderate positive correlation between receptive vocabulary, syntactic awareness, and word dictation (values near 0.40 to 0.50); moderate-to-high, between grammatical judgment, word dictation, and writing under dictation (values near 0.50 to 0.75); low-to-moderate, between word dictation and grammatical correction, grammatical and ungrammatical correction, and word categorization (values near 0.25 to 0.50); and moderate-to-high, between word dictation and writing under dictation (values near 0.50 to 0.75). Conclusion: a positive correlation was identified, ranging from low to high, pointing to the direct and favorable relationship between receptive vocabulary skills, syntactic awareness, and single-word writing.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306046.v1
title: Characterization of neuropsychomotor and language development of children receiving care from groups at an extended Family Health Care Center: an interprofessional approach

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to characterize the language and neuropsychomotor development of children referred for speech-language-hearing and physical therapy at an Extended Family Health Care Center (NASF) in Paranaguá, Paraná, Brazil. Methods: 36 children aged 3 to 13 (7.9 ± 2.3) years were assessed through anamnesis, speech-language-hearing assessment with a flipchart, and motor development scale (MDS). The analysis was made with the two-tailed Pearson correlation test. Results: 69% had no initial clinical diagnosis; 83% were referred by their school, due to suspected language difficulties (92%), which were confirmed. Children both at risk and with psychomotor delays represented 69% of the sample; 78% of the children had learning difficulties and overall motor age 16 months below their chronological age, on average. The psychomotor areas with the worst scores for motor age and motor quotient were temporal organization, body scheme, and spatial organization. School difficulties were related to delays in motor age (p = 0.03), MDS psychomotor profile classification (p = 0.01), overall motor quotient (p = 0.04), and psychomotor diagnosis (p = 0.001). Conclusion: it is concluded that children both at risk and with psychomotor delays pose a great demand. Most of them present language delays, and have difficulties in other areas as well, confirming the need for health professionals’ multi- and interdisciplinary actions. NASF is an option for promoting follow-up and intervention.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306045.v1
title: Electroacoustic and electrophysiological auditory assessment in aphasic individuals

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to verify the functioning of the outer hair cells and the medial efferent olivocochlear system, and the integrity of the auditory pathways in the brainstem up to the auditory cortex, in aphasic individuals. Methods: the sample comprised 20 individuals - 10 without aphasia and 10 with it, aged from 21 to 58 years. The procedures used were the research of the otoacoustic emissions by a transient stimulus with and without noise, and the cognitive potential (tone-burst and speech stimuli). The findings were analyzed based on descriptive statistics. Results: the suppression effect was more present in individuals without aphasia when compared with the aphasic ones. In the cognitive potential, the mean latency values of P3 was within normality standards, with a higher latency in the individuals presented with aphasia for the tone-burst stimulus in both ears. A statistically significant difference of the P3-N2 amplitude was observed for the tone-burst stimulus, comparing the ears in both groups, and for speech stimulus only to the left ear in both groups. Conclusions: aphasic individuals did not present significant differences regarding suppression of the otoacoustic emissions. As for the cognitive potential, the aphasic individuals presented higher latency values when compared to those with no aphasia.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306043.v1
title: Study on hearing loss and its relationship with work in pesticide-exposed tobacco growers

description: ABSTRACT The Purpose of this case report is to present four cases of tobacco growers with hearing loss due to occupational exposure to pesticides. A qualitative case study comprising three cases of sensorineural hearing loss with causal nexus (Cases 1, 2 and 4), and one (Case 3) of sensorineural hearing loss compatible with ototoxicity by pesticides, with causal nexus mainly based on minor neuropsychiatric disorders. The sample was composed of rural workers with health problems, in working age, having started working early in life, exposed to various pesticides, including organophosphates. The auditory and neurovegetative symptoms reported were noise discomfort (n = 2), speech perception difficulty (n = 3), dizziness (n = 2), and imbalance (n = 2). The pure-tone audiometry revealed a sensorineural hearing loss in one or more high frequencies, and one of the cases presented alteration in the brainstem auditory evoked potentials. There is evidence, in this study, of an association between hearing loss and work in tobacco growers exposed to pesticides, with peripheral auditory damage in four cases, and central damage in one of them. Thus, the need for a complete audiological evaluation of pesticide-exposed populations is highlighted.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306040.v1
title: Audiological and electrophysiological assessment of professional orchestral musicians

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to verify whether the frequent musical exposure can impair peripheral and central auditory pathway responses in professional orchestral musicians. Methods: 45 male individuals from 19 to 40 years old participated in the study. They were divided into two groups: one comprising 30 orchestral musicians who played strings or wind instruments, and another with 15 nonmusicians. The two groups were submitted to both conventional and high-frequency pure-tone audiometry, transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions, and frequency-following response. The results were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis, using the one-way ANOVA unmatched samples parametric test, with a 5% significance level. Results: no significant differences were observed between the hearing thresholds in both conventional and high-frequency audiometry and frequency-following response. However, there were statistically significant differences between transient-evoked otoacoustic emission responses, with lower responses to musicians in comparison to the nonmusician group. Conclusion: the results suggest that frequent musical exposure experienced by orchestral musicians can impair the cochlear hair cells’ function. Therefore, audiological monitoring is important to detect subclinical impairments.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306039.v1
title: Bibliometric analysis of the literature on postural balance in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to identify the state-of-the-art research on postural balance in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in both Brazilian and international literature. Methods: a bibliometric review, developed through bibliographical search in databases using the following descriptors: "postural balance" OR "vestibular diseases" OR "postural equilibrium" AND "autism". The eligibility criteria for sample selection were articles published in Brazilian and international journals, in either English or Portuguese. There was no restriction regarding the year of publication. The selection was based on reading the title, abstract, and lastly the full text of the articles potentially relevant for this review. Results: 62 articles were found based on the eligibility criteria. The number of publications related to the study’s theme peaked in 2015 and 2016, the first publication being from 1974. There was a predominance of studies published in the USA (37%), in English, with a quantitative, cross-sectional approach. Most of the authors compared the performance in body balance tasks of children with ASD with that of children with typical development. Conclusion: it was observed that body balance and postural control in children with ASD are growing trends in scientific publications.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306036.v1
title: Validation of a booklet on language developmental milestones in childhood

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to develop and validate the content of printed educative material (booklet) on the typical oral language development. Methods: methodological development research with content validation. The material was produced following a literature review, in which the available publications approaching this theme were analyzed. The descriptors used were “child language”, “child development”, “language development”, and “language development disorders”. A total of 37 judges (specialists in the field and target audience) participated, divided into groups: speech-language-hearing therapists (LJG), educators (EJG), and relatives (RJG). They answered a 5-point Likert-scale instrument. The absolute percentage agreement (APA) and content validity index (CVI) were applied, whose respective minimum values of 75% and 0.78 were adopted. Results: the booklet encompassed the aspects of phonology, semantics, syntax, narrative and hearing, citing what is expected for each age. At the end of each topic, suggestions on how to stimulate the child’s language were made. The mean VCI scores were: LJG=81.3%, EJG=93.51%, and RJG=89.4%. Conclusion: the booklet reached a high content and design validity index and will aid health education initiatives, allowing its content to be spread among families and professionals involved in child development.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306035.v1
title: Ankyloglossia and breastfeeding: what is the evidence of association between them?

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to investigate the scientific evidence, in the literature, of the relationship between ankyloglossia and breastfeeding difficulties. Methods: an integrative review of the literature. The MEDLINE and PubMed databases were searched, using the following descriptors in combination: "ankyloglossia", "newborn" and "breastfeeding". The searches included articles published between 2014 and 2019, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Original articles demonstrating an association between ankyloglossia and breastfeeding issues were selected. Results: a total of 31 articles was fully read in the analysis, 22 of which were excluded and 9 included in the review. There was a diversity of instruments used for the diagnosis of ankyloglossia. In four studies, no standardized evaluation instrument was used for the diagnosis of ankyloglossia, which may limit the analysis of the results. However, most studies have evidenced a possible influence of ankyloglossia on breastfeeding. According to the studies, babies with altered lingual frenulum were more likely to experience difficulties in sucking, showing early weaning, which shows the importance of neonatal screening as a routine protocol in maternity hospitals for the cases of ankyloglossia. Conclusions: ankyloglossia may be related to impaired breastfeeding. The standardization of instruments for the diagnosis of ankyloglossia is necessary to improve the evidence in future research.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306034.v1
title: Audiological profile of indoor cycling teachers

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to describe the audiological profile and auditory complaints of indoor cycling teachers, as well as to relate the findings with time of noise exposure and presence of tinnitus. Methods: participants were eight teachers of both genders, age ranging from 24 to 36 years, with professional experience in the area for at least one year. Sound pressure level was measured during the class, which lasted from 45 to 50 minutes and an adapted anamnesis questionnaire composed of ten items was applied to each individual to research the auditory symptoms and factors related to noise exposure and the audiological assessment performed. Inferential statistical tests were applied. The level of statistical significance was 0.05. Results: all of them had pure tone audiometry, tympanometry testing and brainstem auditory evoked potential within normal limits. There were alterations in the high frequency audiometry and otoacoustic emissions without a statistical correlation with the time of professional experience. Conclusion: the audiological profile obtained was pure tone audiometry, tympanometry and brainstem auditory evoked potential within normal limits; altered transient otoacoustic and distortion product emissions and high frequency audiometry. The complaints reported were: tinnitus, dizziness, the need to listen at a high volume and being exposed to excessive noise.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306033.v1
title: Challenges in the work process in the Family Health Strategy

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the work process of the Family Health teams in the municipality of Caxias do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Methods: this is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research conducted in four Family Health Strategy (FHS) units, with the participation of 22 health professionals. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview and analyzed through the theme content analysis, aided by the Atlas.ti software. Results: the results were organized in three categories: (1) Roles, reality and idealization of working in the FHS, in which health prevention and curative practices appeared as the focus of the work process; (2) Elements of working in the FHS, which dealt with the purpose of the work connected to health prevention, related instruments, hard technologies and work object, in relation to professional specificities; and (3) Challenges and perspectives of working in the FHS, which emphasizes the fragilities, due to the shortage of professionals and the need for managerial improvement, as well as commitment and teamwork as potentialities. Conclusion: in the work process in health, the preventive professional actions with curative focus were predominant. The challenges were centered on redirecting the work process toward the Family Health approach.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306030.v1
title: Facial trauma and background level: a study on the population’s perspective

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: to verify the population’s understanding on facial trauma, according to their level of schooling. Methods: an observational, cross-sectional, quantitative, documentary study conducted, based on 852 interviews carried out in two Brazilian state capitals. The association between the levels of schooling and varied knowledge of facial trauma was investigated. The data were analyzed with Pearson’s chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test, with a margin of error of 5%. Results: there was a statistically significant association between the participants’ schooling and their understanding on the consequences of trauma in: functions (p = 0.001), mouth mobility (p = 0.005), and dental issues (p = 0.003). In the most affected population, schooling was also associated with youth (p = 0.001) and adults (p = 0.044). Regarding causes, there was association with falls (p = 0.034) and traffic accidents (p = 0.034). There was association with bikers (p = 0.016) and motorcyclists (p = 0.001) as the population with greater propensity. Schooling was associated with all the professionals. Concerning the consequences to the victim’s life, there was association also with general health (p = 0.049), household chores (p = 0.001), and social life (p = 0.001). Recklessness was the only cause with an association (p = 0.004). Schooling was associated with previous knowledge of trauma (p = 0.001). Conclusion: their understanding on the consequences of trauma, most affected population, main causes, professionals involved in the treatment, repercussion for people’s lives, and previous knowledge of the subject increased along with the levels of background.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306028.v1
title: The relationship between dysphagia and clinical and cognitive aspects in elderly patients presented with dementia

description: ABSTRACT Objective: to relate the risk of dysphagia and aspects of eating behavior to the cognitive aspects of elderly people with dementia. Methods: 35 elderly patients with Alzheimer or vascular dementia were submitted to clinical and cognitive assessments as well as to a questionnaire for assessing appetite/eating disorder and the Dysphagia Risk Evaluation Protocol (DREP). Appropriate statistical tests were applied adopting a significance level lower than 0.05. Results: mild dementia occurred in 16 cases, moderate, in 14, and severe, in 5. Complaints of choking/coughing in the medical history, and signs of dysphagia in the DREP, occurred in 9 and 25 elderly patients, respectively, with no differences regarding the type and severity of dementia. Patients presented with dysphagia and alterations in the oral and pharyngeal phases of DREP, were older. Alterations in the pharyngeal phase were associated with poorer performance in the Mini-Mental State Examination (total score, attention/calculation, language). Changes in appetite/weight/eating habits were associated with signs of dysphagia, increasing severity of dementia and functional impairment. Conclusion: choking/coughing and signs of dysphagia were high. Changes in appetite/weight/eating habits were related to the severity of dementia and presence of dysphagia, and cognitive disorders and old age were associated with dysphagia.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14306025.v1
title: Role of Silicon in the Microstructural Development and Properties of Ti-15Nb-xSi Alloys for Biomedical Applications

description: Abstract Ti-Nb alloys are attractive for biomedical implants and the addition of Si can lead to an improved set of properties. This study investigates the effect on the microstructures and properties of solution-treated Ti-15Nb-xSi alloys followed by furnace cooling (FC), and water quenching (WQ). Based on the results, Si acts as a β-stabilizing element by increasing the β volume fraction from 13%–36% in FC samples to a range from 0%–0.55% Si. The elastic modulus decreased under both conditions and reached approximately 63 GPa in WQ samples with 0.35% Si due to an increased α” unit cell volume. On the other hand, hardness increased with increased Si content under FC and WQ conditions to a maximum of 313 HV in the WQ sample containing 0.55% Si.