1. Active middle ear implant (vibrant soundbridge) in children with unilateral congenital aural atresia
- Author
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Masahiro Takahashi, Sakiko Furutate, Kazunori Yasumura, Shogo Oyamada, Shinichiro Oka, and Satoshi Iwasaki
- Subjects
Male ,Sound localization ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Speech perception ,genetic structures ,Hearing Loss, Conductive ,Audiology ,Prosthesis Design ,Congenital Abnormalities ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,Aural atresia ,Child ,030223 otorhinolaryngology ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,Ear ,General Medicine ,Middle Ear Implant ,Ossicular Prosthesis ,Noise ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Child, Preschool ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Speech Perception ,Audiometry, Pure-Tone ,Female ,business - Abstract
Detailed studies have not been conducted on sound localization and speech perception in noise in patients with unilateral congenital aural atresia (UCAA).To evaluate the benefits of the use of the Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) for UCAA by performing audiometric and sound localization tests.Four children with UCAA underwent VSB (VORP 503) implantation from 2018 to 2019. Speech perception tests in noise were conducted using the Japanese monosyllable test. The spatial configuration for speech testing consisted of speech presented from the front and noise presented into the normal ear (SThe children's speech perception in noise 6 months after VSB activation was significantly better than before activation (The benefits of VSB use in children with UCAA were revealed using audiometric and sound localization tests.
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- 2020