Subjective satisfaction and audiological benefit and with ADHEAR Hearing System in adult users

Weiß, R; Cuny, C; Strenger, L; Baumann, Uwe; Stöver, Timo

doi:10.1055/s-0039-1686541

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“…ADHEAR gives an instant auditory gain in terms of sound field threshold (25 dB gain) and speech recognition threshold (28 dB gain), similar with published results 5,6 . The gain is only slightly reduced when using the adhesive adapter instead of the conventional softband.…”

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Instant auditory benefit of an adhesive BCHD on children with bilateral congenital microtia

Ren

Duan

et al. 2021

Clinical Otolaryngology

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“…ADHEAR is a pressure‐free wearable BCHD, with an adhesive adapter to ensure fixation. The auditory benefit of ADHEAR has already been estimated for bilateral or unilateral CHL in both adults 5 and children 6 . However, the data for children with congenital microtia are still needed.…”

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Instant auditory benefit of an adhesive BCHD on children with bilateral congenital microtia

Ren

Duan

et al. 2021

Clinical Otolaryngology

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“…To overcome the above pressure and pressure-induced issues, a pressure-free, wearable bone conduction hearing device named ADHEAR was designed, with an adhesive adapter to ensure attachment onto the skin. Auditory benefit of this device has already been estimated for bilateral or unilateral CHL such as otosclerosis, otitis media and congenital macrotia in both adults [9] and children [10,11]. But the data for children with congenital microtia are still limited.…”

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Instant Auditory Benefit of an Adhesive BCHD on Children with Bilateral Congenital Microtia

Ren

Duan

et al. 2020

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Purposes: To evaluate the instant auditory benefit of an adhesive bone conduction hearing aid (ADHEAR) on children with bilateral congenital microtia, especially the sound localization ability under unilateral and bilateral fitting. Methods: Twelve patients with bilateral congenital microtia aged from 6 to 17 were included in this study. Pure tone threshold under sound field, speech recognition threshold in quiet and sound localization abilities were tested and compared before and after wearing the device. The pure tone threshold test was additionally repeated for two different wearing method -adhesive or fixed with softband; the sound localization test was repeated for both unilateral and bilateral fitting. Correlation analysis was then conducted to find the influencing factors of sound localization improvement. Results: Significant auditory improvement were found: the average pure tone threshold (PTA) reduced by 24.8 (adhesive) and 27.3 dB HL (softband), with no significant difference between the two wearing methods. The speech recognition threshold also improved by 29.0 dB. As for sound localization abilities, no significant improvement was found under unilateral fitting; but half (6 of 12) of the patients were notably benefited from bilateral fitting. The improvement was found to be strong correlated with the patients' unaided sound localization ability -those with poorer localization abilities tends to benefit more. Moreover, it was found that the sound localization improvement was also negatively related with the malformation degrees of the patients' head. Summary: ADHEAR affords significant auditory benefits for children with bilateral congenital microtia, in terms of sound and speech perception. The sound localization abilities could be partly improved instantly by bilateral fitting, and the improvement is related with factors such as adaption and skull malformations. Key points:1. The adhesive bone conduction hearing device (BCHD) -ADHEAR offers significant auditory gain to children with bilateral congenital microtia. 2. The adhesive wearing method of ADHEAR performs as well as the conventional softband, which sufficiently releases the static pressure and offers more comfort. 3. For bilateral congenital microtia, unilateral fitting of ADHEAR does not improvement the sound localization ability, while bilateral fitting demonstrates instant improvement in half of the patients. 4. The improvement of sound localization ability under bilateral fitting is strongly correlated with the unaided sound localization ability -patients who performs worse when unaided tend to benefit more. 5. The skull malformation also disturbs the sound localization after bilateral fitting. Therefore, a detailed fitting procedure may be in need.

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Subjective satisfaction and audiological benefit and with ADHEAR Hearing System in adult users

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Instant auditory benefit of an adhesive BCHD on children with bilateral congenital microtia

Instant auditory benefit of an adhesive BCHD on children with bilateral congenital microtia

Instant Auditory Benefit of an Adhesive BCHD on Children with Bilateral Congenital Microtia

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