title: Profile of patients with cleft palate fitted with hearing AIDS.
abstract: Cleft palates cause alterations in palate and lip structures, and it may also cause hearing loss because of recurrent otitis media. The appropriate treatment is controversial. It may include the prescription of antibiotics and insertion of a ventilation tube, or even otorhinolaryngological and audiological assistance, and hearing rehabilitation, with the use of an individual sound amplifier aid (ISAA).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To characterize the profile of individuals with cleft palate and hearing loss, users of ISAA are assisted by the center of otorhinolaryngology and speech therapy of a hospital specialized in craniofacial anomalies and hearing impairment. Retrospective Study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analysis of 131 charts of patients with corrected cleft palate and hearing loss, fitted with ISAA by the center abovementioned.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sample (n=131) was characterized by a prevalence of females (53%), unilateral incisive transforaminal cleft (27%), presence of associated anomalies (51%), history of alterations of the middle ear (56%) and surgery intervention (56%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The general profile of the individuals with cleft palate and hearing loss, fitted with ISAA, was characterized by the predominance of cleft lip and palate, positive history of middle ear alterations, surgery intervention and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.
authors.affiliation: Hospital of Rehabilitation and Craniofacial Anomalies, University of Sao Paulo.
authors.forename: Ticiana Cristina de Freitas
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Zambonato
authors.forename: Mariza Ribeiro
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Feniman
authors.forename: Wanderléia Quinhoneiro
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Blasca
authors.forename: José Roberto Pereira
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lauris
authors.forename: Luciana Paula
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Maximino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult