Cranial osteopathy in hearing function
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https://doi.org/10.33233/fb.v17i6.696Keywords:
osteopathic manipulation, audiology, hearing testsAbstract
Osteopathy is the science which treats the musculoskeletal osteoarticular system and its relationship with other organs and systems. Few researches show interaction of osteopathy in hearing function, and thus is a challenge to the scientific community in developing new works about it. The aim of our study was to identify the influence of cranial osteopathy in hearing function in healthy individuals. Seventeen volunteers were interviewed with the audiologist to check the criteria for inclusion and exclusion. After that was performed bilaterally impedance and the protocol containing the following maneuvers of cranial osteopathy was applied: Sutherland in opposition to the free movement, Sutherland for free movement and ear Pull applied on the right ear and keeping the left as control. Data were analyzed using the Two-way Anova with post hoc Bonfferroni p < 0.05. As a result we obtained the sensitization of tensor tympani and stapedius muscles which was evidenced in the immittance testing due to a decrease of acoustic reflex in hearing frequency of 500 Hz right ear (the average frequency before was 93.53 ± 1.70 and then was 89.411 ± 1.81 (p = 0.0101). There was a reflex sensitization, with consequent impact on the hearing function, so that the evaluated were capable of firing the reflection with lower sound levels. We can say that we achieved success in our study aims with the primary finding of the influence of hearing function in osteopathy responsiveness of stapedius and tensor tympani. This change occurred only in the first frequency (500 Hz), the speak frequency, at the time of the initial sound activation level of middle ear and its interface with the cochlea, favoring the improvement of hearing.
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