Hearing rehabilitation with the closed skin bone-anchored implant Sophono Alpha1: Results of a prospective study in 15 children with ear atresia

Denoyelle, Françoise; Coudert, Cyrille; Thierry, Briac; Parodi, M.; Mazzaschi, O.; Vicaut, Éric; Tessier, Natacha; Loundon, Natalie; Garabédian, Éréa-Noël

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.12.032

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“…These outcomes are comparable to the results of another study with a comparable population [29]. We did not perform additional audiometry in the BAHA group compared to the previous report on this population.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Some case series present data of populations with both conductive and mixed hearing loss [23, 24] while others provide only concise audiometry data [25, 26]. Case series that consist of patients with conductive hearing loss, included both unilaterally and bilaterally affected patients [10, 27–29]. Because of these mixed populations, it is hard to substantially objectify or compare the audiological outcomes.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Three-year experience with the Sophono in children with congenital conductive unilateral hearing loss: tolerability, audiometry, and sound localization compared to a bone-anchored hearing aid

Nelissen

Agterberg

Hol

et al. 2016

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Bone conduction devices (BCDs) are advocated as an amplification option for patients with congenital conductive unilateral hearing loss (UHL), while other treatment options could also be considered. The current study compared a transcutaneous BCD (Sophono) with a percutaneous BCD (bone-anchored hearing aid, BAHA) in 12 children with congenital conductive UHL. Tolerability, audiometry, and sound localization abilities with both types of BCD were studied retrospectively. The mean follow-up was 3.6 years for the Sophono users (n = 6) and 4.7 years for the BAHA users (n = 6). In each group, two patients had stopped using their BCD. Tolerability was favorable for the Sophono. Aided thresholds with the Sophono were unsatisfactory, as they did not reach under a mean pure tone average of 30 dB HL. Sound localization generally improved with both the Sophono and the BAHA, although localization abilities did not reach the level of normal hearing children. These findings, together with previously reported outcomes, are important to take into account when counseling patients and their caretakers. The selection of a suitable amplification option should always be made deliberately and on individual basis for each patient in this diverse group of children with congenital conductive UHL.

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confidence: 99%

Three-year experience with the Sophono in children with congenital conductive unilateral hearing loss: tolerability, audiometry, and sound localization compared to a bone-anchored hearing aid

Nelissen

Agterberg

Hol

et al. 2016

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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“…Although these bilateral advantages were modest compared to 7.8 dB previously reported for children with UCHL wearing a magnetic-coupled BCHA (Denoyelle et al, 2015), our children began with a better unaided SDT in noise (215 versus 25.8 dB). Improvements in head shadow were also modest compared to the average 5-dB head shadow advantage gained by children and adults who received corrective surgery to open an atretic ear (Gray et al, 2009), although the initial performance of these individuals before surgery was not provided.…”

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confidence: 73%

“…These centers also report positive initial audiometric outcomes in both children and adults, with improvements of 22-43 dB in pure-tone threshold average, 28-33.5 dB in speech reception threshold (SRT), and 21.5-61% in speech perception scores (Siegert, 2011;Denoyelle et al, 2013;Hol et al, 2013;Centric and Chennupati, 2014;Marsella et al, 2014;O'Niel et al, 2014;). Additionally, the magneticcoupled BCHA is considered noninferior to the nonsurgical headband-retained BCHA (Denoyelle et al, 2015).…”

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Hearing Benefit and Rated Satisfaction in Children with Unilateral Conductive Hearing Loss Using a Transcutaneous Magnetic-Coupled Bone-Conduction Hearing Aid

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“…The Sophono® has also been compared with Baha® on a headband, which is similar to the Baha® Attract system. Such studies have indicated similar performance between the Sophono® system and the Baha® on a headband (Denoyelle et al. , 2015; O’Niel et al.…”

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confidence: 94%

Characteristics of Bone-Conduction Devices Simulated in a Finite-Element Model of a Whole Human Head

Chang

Stenfelt

2019

Trends in Hearing

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Nowadays, many different kinds of bone-conduction devices (BCDs) are available for hearing rehabilitation. Most studies of these devices fail to compare the different types of BCDs under the same conditions. Moreover, most results are between two BCDs in the same subject, or two BCDs in different subjects failing to provide an overview of the results between several of the BCDs. Another issue is that some BCDs require surgical procedures that prevent comparison of the BCDs in the same persons. In this study, four types of skin-drive BCDs, three direct-drive BCDs, and one oral device were evaluated in a finite-element model of the human head that was able to simulate all BCDs under the same conditions. The evaluation was conducted using both a dynamic force as input and an electric voltage to a model of a BCD vibrator unit. The results showed that the direct-drive BCDs and the oral device gave vibration responses within 10 dB at the cochlea. The skin-drive BCDs had similar or even better cochlear vibration responses than the direct-drive BCDs at low frequencies, but the direct-drive BCDs gave up to 30 dB higher cochlear vibration responses at high frequencies. The study also investigated the mechanical point impedance at the interface between the BCD and the head, providing information that explains some of the differences seen in the results. For example, when the skin-drive BCD attachment area becomes too small, the transducer cannot provide an output force similar to the devices with larger attachment surfaces.

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Hearing rehabilitation with the closed skin bone-anchored implant Sophono Alpha1: Results of a prospective study in 15 children with ear atresia

Cited by 31 publications

References 10 publications

Three-year experience with the Sophono in children with congenital conductive unilateral hearing loss: tolerability, audiometry, and sound localization compared to a bone-anchored hearing aid

Three-year experience with the Sophono in children with congenital conductive unilateral hearing loss: tolerability, audiometry, and sound localization compared to a bone-anchored hearing aid

Hearing Benefit and Rated Satisfaction in Children with Unilateral Conductive Hearing Loss Using a Transcutaneous Magnetic-Coupled Bone-Conduction Hearing Aid

Characteristics of Bone-Conduction Devices Simulated in a Finite-Element Model of a Whole Human Head

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