Introduction. Approaching of patients with general
and, mainly, auditive disabilities requires specific methods
of behavioural and therapeutical management, on short-,
medium- and long-term period. Scope. Quantification of
the psycho-emotional reactions of childern suffering from
auditive disabilities in the stomatological office, compara‑
tively with those with normal keenness of hearing. Mate‑
rials and method. The experiments were performed on a
group of 207 children, with the limit of chronological age
between 6 - 11 years, 120 of them registered with auditive
disabilities and 87 – with normal keeness of hearing. The
Raven Test of Progressive Matrices and the questionnaire
were employed as investigation methods. Results. The
mean age of the subjects considered in the study was of 9
years, with a standard deviation of 1.4. A statistically sig‑
nificant association was established between the moment
of their addressing the stomatologist and the presence of
the auditive-type disability (r=0.87, p=0.00321, 95%CI).
Most of the children (69%) with normal keenness of hea‑
ring come to the stomatological office alone, only rarely
being accompanied by friends or parents, whereas those
with sensorial auditive disabilities are usually accompa‑
nied by parents, professors or educators (67.5%). Discus‑
sion. Explanations on the stomatological treatment to be
applied, details on its stages may prepare an adequate
reaction from the part of the child-patient. The statistically
significant differences observed, as a function of their audi‑
tive disabilities, among the accompanied children may be
explained exactly by this situation, causing in itself a
higher dependence and need of support from the part of
the others, especially for exceeding the barriers that may
prevent a normal communication. Conclusions. An
adequate approaching of the child – affected or not with
auditive disabilities – may model his attitudes and beha‑
viour during the visit to the stomatological office