Acoustic stapedius muscle reflex in mercury-exposed Andean children and adults
| Autor: | Leo H. Buchanan, S. Allen Counter, Fernando Ortega |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Audiology Stapedius muscle Article Environmental Illness Mining Young Adult Evoked Potentials Auditory Brain Stem Humans Medicine Child Acoustic reflex Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Incidence Auditory Threshold Environmental Exposure Mercury General Medicine Environmental exposure Middle Aged Facial nerve Reflex Acoustic medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology El Niño Reflex Middle ear Female Ecuador Brainstem business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 132:51-63 |
| ISSN: | 1651-2251 0001-6489 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/00016489.2011.617778 |
| Popis: | The results suggested mercury (Hg)-induced anomalies in the brainstem-mediated acoustic stapedius muscle reflex in children.Hg exposure has been associated with hearing impairment and brainstem anomalies. Acoustic stapedius reflex (ASR) thresholds, growth functions, decay/adaptation times, and behavioral auditory thresholds were used to screen Andean children and adults for Hg-induced auditory brainstem and facial nerve impairment.Fifty-one participants, which included 22 children (aged 6-17 years) and 29 adults (aged 19-83 years) living in gold mining areas of Ecuador where Hg is widely used in amalgamation, were screened using ASR immittance procedures.Mean blood mercury (HgB) level in the children was 15.6 μg/L (SD, 21.3; median, 7 μg/L; range, 2.0-89 μg/L), and in the adults 8.5 μg/L (SD, 7.1; median, 6 μg/L; range, 2.0-32 μg/L). Mean contralateral ASR thresholds (ASRT) for the screening frequency of 2000 Hz in the children (39 ears) was 92.9 dB HL (SD, 6.1; range, 80-105 dB HL), and in the adults (53 ears) 90.0 dB HL (SD, 6.4; range, 65-105 dB HL). The ASRT in the children increased significantly with HgB level (rho = 0.433; p = 0.008). |
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