Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) in children: Experience of a tertiary referral centre in Portugal

Rosa, Francisco; Silva, Ana Pereira da; Reis, Cláudia; Coutinho, Maria Francisca; Oliveira, João Tiago; Sousa, Cecília Almeida e

doi:10.1016/j.otorri.2016.07.002

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“…Unlike children, these young adults can easily perform all the rather taxing and time consuming tests required for this study. We expect children and adolescents with a purely conductive hearing loss to become one of the important group of potential users of the SoundArc, as this is an important group for BAHS already today at our centre and at other centres worldwide [ 27 , 28 ]. Furthermore, the use of normal hearing adults allows us to study a relatively large but homogeneous group of subjects.…”

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Speech Understanding and Sound Localization with a New Nonimplantable Wearing Option for Baha

Gawliczek

Wimmer

Munzinger

et al. 2018

BioMed Research International

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Objective To measure the audiological benefit of the Baha SoundArc, a recently introduced nonimplantable wearing option for bone conduction sound processor, and to compare it with the known softband wearing option in subjects with normal cochlear function and a purely conductive bilateral hearing loss. Methods Both ears of 15 normal hearing subjects were occluded for the time of the measurement, yielding an average unaided threshold of 49 dB HL (0.5 – 4 kHz). Soundfield thresholds, speech understanding in quiet and in noise, and sound localization were measured in unaided conditions and with 1 or 2 Baha 5 sound processors mounted on either a softband or a SoundArc device. Results Soundfield thresholds and speech reception thresholds were improved by 19.5 to 24.8 dB (p<.001), when compared to the unaided condition. Speech reception thresholds in noise were improved by 3.7 to 4.7 dB (p<.001). Using 2 sound processors rather than one improved speech understanding in noise for speech from the direction of the 2nd device and sound localization error by 23° to 28°. No statistically significant difference was found between the SoundArc and the softband wearing options in any of the tests. Conclusions Bone conduction sound processor mounted on a SoundArc or on a softband resulted in considerable improvements in hearing and speech understanding in subjects with a simulated, purely conductive, and bilateral hearing loss. No significant difference between the 2 wearing options was found. Using 2 sound processors improves sound localization and speech understanding in noise in certain spatial settings.

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Speech Understanding and Sound Localization with a New Nonimplantable Wearing Option for Baha

Gawliczek

Wimmer

Munzinger

et al. 2018

BioMed Research International

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“…Both have similar audiological results, as discussed by Syms [68]. Safety issues in the Ponto System were reported in twelve studies in a total of 314 subjects, as discussed elsewhere [20,30,3,43,51,59,[61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73]. Also, the Ponto system due to its percutaneous nature reports a high incidence rate of complications with 44.6% out of which the majority was related to skin complications (37.3%).…”

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The First Active Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Implant in Romania-Case Report of Permanent Conductive Hearing Loss Due to Cleft Palate

Georgescu

Baumgärtner

Modan

et al. 2018

TTEH

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Since the introduction of bone conduction hearing implants in 1977, quality of life of the implantees have improved substantially. The first available option were bone-anchored hearing devices, which improved sound quality, but had the major disadvantage of post-operative skin and wound infections. Therefore, new technologies seeking intact skin solution have emerged lately. The BONEBRIDGE system (MED-EL, Medical Electronics, Innsbruck, Austria) incorporates the first active bone conduction device, which especially aims to resolve abutment issues and still offers excellent audiological benefit. The successful implantation of this system in the first Romanian patient suffering from congenital lip and hard palate cleft with recurrent suppurative otitis media is presented. The authors report their experience with implantation, in terms of indications, selection assessment as well as functional results with a critical review of advantages and disadvantages in comparison with classical methods.

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Complications of bone-conduction hearing implants (BCHI) implantation surgery

Chu

Mather

Banerjee

2020

American Journal of Otolaryngology

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Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) in children: Experience of a tertiary referral centre in Portugal

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Speech Understanding and Sound Localization with a New Nonimplantable Wearing Option for Baha

Speech Understanding and Sound Localization with a New Nonimplantable Wearing Option for Baha

The First Active Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Implant in Romania-Case Report of Permanent Conductive Hearing Loss Due to Cleft Palate

Complications of bone-conduction hearing implants (BCHI) implantation surgery

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