title: [Macrosomia and auditory abilities: a comparative study].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Macrosomia is the positive deviation of normal growing standards.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Due to the lack of studies related to the auditory abilities in macrosomic syndromes, the aim of the present study was to verify and compare the auditory abilities of two patients and to correlate these results with other complementary findings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Anamneses, hearing, language, psychologic and neuroimage evaluation in two female subjects, eight and seventeen years old.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subject I - normal; subject II - impaired.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a growing need for more investigations of the neurophysiology of the auditory system in this population. Studies in the area of hearing can favor the early diagnosis and therefore the intervention process.
authors.affiliation: Fonoaudióloga, Doutora em Ciências Biológicas pelo Instituto de Biociências da Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu. lupvitto@fob.usp.br
authors.forename: Luciana de Paula Maximino
authors.initials: Lde P
authors.lastname: De Vitto
authors.forename: Dagma Venturini Marques
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Abramides
authors.forename: Carolina Ferreira
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Mariana Sodáirio
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Mariza Ribeiro
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Feniman
authors.forename: Antônio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Richieri-Costa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001304:Auditory Diseases, Central / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005877:Gigantism / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006309:Hearing; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D013577:Syndrome