Abstract
ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the auditory behavior and the performance in the Sustained Auditory Attention Ability Test (SAAAT) of children with different breathing modes. Methods: a total of 30 individuals (19 males and 11 females), ranging from seven to 11 years old, participated in the research. They were distributed into nasal-breathers, mouth-breathers, and oronasal-breathers groups. The Scale of Auditory Behaviors (SAB) questionnaire was applied to those responsible for the children, so as to characterize their auditory behavior. In the SAAAT, the following error patterns were analyzed: inattention, decreased vigilance, impulsivity, and total errors. For the inferential analysis, the Mann-Whitney, chi-square, and Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests were used. Results: the individuals with mouth- and oronasal-breathing modes had more complaints in the SAB questionnaire when compared with nasal-breathers. Regarding the SAAAT, it was found that the age group of seven to eight years was the one that had the worst performance in the test. The groups with oral and oronasal breathing had more errors, with a statistically significant difference between the groups for inattention and total errors. Conclusion: it can be concluded that individuals with oral and oronasal breathing had more complaints in the auditory behavior and worse performance in the SAAAT, especially for inattention and total errors.
Highlights
An adequate breathing mode brings benefits to health and quality of life, reducing diseases and stress, and helping in sleep
The research took place from August 2017 to May 2018 at the audiology service of a teaching clinic. Those responsible for the minors were initially instructed about the research1s goals; after the explanation, they signed the Informed Consent Form (ICF), authorizing them to participate in this research
The mouth breathing mode is an alteration resulting from the inadequate functioning of the nose, causing breathing function to be fully performed by the mouth
Summary
An adequate breathing mode brings benefits to health and quality of life, reducing diseases and stress, and helping in sleep. The obstruction of air passage through the nose hinders the breathing function to work properly, making the patient breathe through the mouth. This obstruction can be of organic origin, and some possible causes are nasal septum deviation, adenoid and tonsil hyperplasia, allergic and nonallergic rhinitis, inferior turbinate hypertrophy, among others. There are cases in which the individuals present mouth breathing due to a bad habit, instead of mechanical obstruction. These are called habitual breathing, which can be associated with inadequate oral habits, colds, inadequately solved organic factors, flaccid facial and masticatory muscles, and/or genetic factors[3]
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