Programa saúde na escola: rastreamento de estudantes com alterações audiológicas matriculados em duas escolas municipais de Macaé

Introduction: The Health at School Program provides the action “Promotion of hearing health and identification of students with possible signs of alteration”. Objective: To identify the proportion of students who show behaviors indicative of audiological changes, in two schools in the municipal teaching network of Macae. Development: A descriptive study was carried out, with students between 8 and 14 years old, from two schools in Macae, in 2018. A form was used with information on behaviors indicative of hearing loss, indicated by the student himself. Of the 199 students, 46.2% were from school 1 and 53.8% were from school 2. As for the behavior indicative of audiological changes, for the option ALWAYS the greatest proportions were: they turned their heads towards the teacher or colleague’s voices when talking (25.6%); they have difficulty hearing what the teacher says when they write the material on the blackboard from the back (16.1%); have difficulty speaking what they are thinking (11.1%); feel a ringing in the ear (12.6%). Conclusion: Turning your head in the direction of the teacher or colleague's voice when speaking and having difficulty hearing what the teacher says when writing from the back were the major audiological changes.