Perfil auditivo de gamers da cidade de Goiânia

Abstract

Abstract

General Objective: To trace the auditory profile of young video game players, called Gamers, living in the city of Goiânia-Goiás, Brazil. Methodology: Cross-sectional, descriptive study with a quantitative approach. Sample composed of 22 participants, aged between 18 and 29 years old, Gamers, residing in the city of Goiânia. The first stage of the study was related to completing a data collection instrument, adapted from Correa et al.; 2016 and Mello et al.; 2019. Results: Of the 22 (100%) research participants, all were men, most had completed high school, more than half did not work. When asked about perceiving the presence of tinnitus, 10 (45%) perceived it. All 22 (100%) participants used headphones, and most used them to play between 4 and 8 hours a day, but still kept them in other activities. The most cited extra-auditory symptoms were stress, irritability, anxiety and difficulty concentrating. Of the 22 (100%) study participants, 9 (41%) had hearing loss at some frequency in the pure tone audiometry for the right ear and 10 (45%) for the left. In pure tone audiometry for high frequencies, 15 (68%) had at least one frequency with altered threshold for the right ear and 12 (55%) for the left. Conclusion: It is possible to trace the auditory profile of gamers living in the city of Goiânia, and for this sample, high-frequency audiometry was the most sensitive test in detecting possible auditory alterations.

Keywords: Hearing Loss; Video games.