[Proposal for presbycusis screening in a primary care clinic].
OBJECTIVE
Presbycusis is one of the causes of deafness that has increased most in our society. To show the levels of presbycusis in people over 60 who attend our health centre for other reasons and to assess the utility of certain tests employed in primary care to detect hearing problems.


METHODS
One-hundred and ten people.


METHODS
prior specialist diagnosis, lack of consent or impossibility of running the tests. Assessment of auditory invalidity: otoscopy, Weber, Rinne, whispered voice, auditory disability test. Audiological validation by audiometry assessed by ORL. Results analysed with SPSS statistical packet.


RESULTS
Mean age 714 (6.1). Otoscopy was normal in 81.8%. Weber's test had no significant relationship with the otoscopy, but did with the Rinne. Presbycusis was seen in 68.2% of the audiometries. Everyone (100%) who had worked in a noisy environment had audiometric deficit.


CONCLUSIONS
There were high figures (87%) for hypoacusis in our population of elderly people. In 68.2%, this was due to presbycusis. The sensitivity and negative predictive value (Vp-) of most of the tests used in primary care to detect auditory disorders are low.
Proupín Vázquez
Norberto
N
Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud de Conxo, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain. norberto.proupin.vazquez@sergas.es
Lorenzo Martínez
Ana
A
Del Río Valeiras
María
M
Alvarez Alonso
Lorena
L
Segade Buceta
Xosé
X
Labella Caballero
Torcuato
T
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D011304:Presbycusis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires