An Implantable Hearing System As Rehabilitation for Hearing Loss Due to Bilateral Aural Atresia: Surgical Technique and Audiological Results
Autor: | Rubens de Brito, Eduardo Boaventura Oliveira, Luzia Maria Pozzobom Ventura, José Carlos Jorge, Luiz Fernando Manzoni Lourençone |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Hearing loss Hearing Loss Conductive Audiology Congenital Abnormalities Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Prospective Studies 030223 otorhinolaryngology Congenital Microtia Hearing Loss Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural Absolute threshold of hearing business.industry Microtia Ear General Medicine ORELHA MÉDIA medicine.disease Conductive hearing loss Ossicular Prosthesis Ossicular Replacement Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Atresia Middle ear Female Tympanomastoidectomy Implant medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual) Universidade de São Paulo (USP) instacron:USP |
ISSN: | 2148-3817 1308-7649 |
Popis: | OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the surgical technique and audiological results of a middle ear implant for restoring hearing in patients with bilateral aural atresia and microtia with conductive or mixed hearing loss. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this prospective study, 12 subjects aged 12 years and older presenting with hearing loss and bilateral congenital aural atresia underwent surgical insertion of a middle ear implant. The patients underwent tympanomastoidectomy with a wide opening of the attic and preservation of the roof of the atresic tympanic bone to expose the middle ear and position the floating mass transducer of the implant. RESULTS There were no intraoperative or postoperative complications. The hearing threshold averages in a free field were 53.5 dB preoperatively and 25.6 dB postoperatively. Monosyllabic word recognition averaged 61% preoperatively and 91.3% postoperatively. The average speech perception in quiet conditions during the hearing in noise test improved from 67.11 dB to 45.99 dB, and the signal-to-noise ratio improved from 5.64 to 1.31. CONCLUSION The tested system is an excellent option for auditory rehabilitation of conductive hearing loss due to bilateral ear atresia. The surgery is well structured and safe and provides several alternatives to the surgeon, which is valuable in difficult cases. |
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