Bone-anchored hearing aids (Baha) in congenital aural atresia: Personal experience

Bone anchored hearing aids in children: An update

“…The benefits of a BAHD in congenital aural atresia and microtia in children are well documented [3,4]. The BAHD provides a method for acoustic input and has shown to improve quality of life.…”

Bone-anchored hearing aid (Baha) in patients with Treacher Collins syndrome: Tips and pitfalls

“…The largest retrospective studies on pediatric Baha so far [5][6][7] have never focused on TC patients specifically. Nonetheless, Baha treatment of the TC population presents special challenges due to the general aspects of the syndrome and also to the anatomical peculiarities of these patients, which deserve to be addressed separately.…”

A Case of the Vibrant Soundbridge Implantation to Unilateral Congenital Aural Atresia

“…Apart from the improvement in hearing, quality of life (QOL) of patients implanted with BAHA was also improved, 30 out of 31 patients reported improvement in QOL with evaluation using Glasgow Benefit Inventory [21]. This feature is also supported by a large number of other studies [22,23].…”

“…In studies that specifically look into the use of BAHA in atresia patients, Mazita et al [19] had found that 100% (16 patients) have improved hearing with a mean functional gain of 35.2 dB HL. In another study published by Ricci et al [21], 31 patients received BAHA implantation for bilateral aural atresia, the mean postoperative free-field threshold of 18.1 +/− 7.5 dB HL, with ABG closure in 24 out of 31 patients (77.4%).…”