Audiometric thresholds and auditory processing in children with early malnutrition: a retrospective cohort study

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Malnutrition is one of the causes of changes in cell metabolism. The inner ear has few energy reserves and high metabolism. The aim of this study was to analyze whether malnutrition at an early age is related to impairment of auditory processing abilities and hearing abnormali...

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Main Authors: Patricia Aparecida Zuanetti, Maria Fernanda Laus, Adriana Ribeiro Tavares Anastasio, Sebastião de Sousa Almeida, Marisa Tomoe Hebihara Fukuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802014000500266&lng=en&tlng=en