Alterações no processamento auditivo (central) em crianças com fissura labiopalatina: revisão sistemática

Abstract

A Since children with cleft lip and palate (CLP) may present recurrent otitis episodes, due to anatomical issues, that may contribute to (central) auditory processing (CAP), the purpose of this paper was to search in the literature the relationship between change in CAP and CLP. The search of articles was conducted in the indexed databases LILACS, SciELO and PubMed. The descriptors used were: processamento auditivo, audição, fissura labiopalatina, crianças, auditory processing, hearing, cleft lip and palate, and children interspersed by the Boolean operator “AND”. Original articles in Portuguese and English published between 2010 and 2020 that assessed the central auditory processing of children aged between 6 and 15 years old with CLP or only palate were selected. Theses and articles containing studies carried out in individuals with sensorineural hearing loss, neurological and syndromic individuals were excluded. Sixteen articles were found; however, only seven met the inclusion criteria. All the selected studies had a cross-sectional design and showed that children with CLP presented a lower performance in the assessment when compared to pre-established results and when compared to a control group. This literature review showed that there is a relationship between CLP and CAP. Based on this study, it can be seen that audiological assessments in general and, more specifically, of the CAP, must be part of the routine of these patients in order to identify these changes early and to reduce the chances of speech and learning problems