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Management of single-sided deafness with the bone-anchored hearing aid
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 1193660
Author(s) Yuen, Heng-Wai; Bodmer, Daniel; Smilsky, Kari; Nedzelski, Julian M; Chen, Joseph M
Author(s) at UniBasel Bodmer, Daniel
Year 2009
Title Management of single-sided deafness with the bone-anchored hearing aid
Journal Otolaryngology, head and neck surgery
Volume 141
Number 1
Pages / Article-Number 16-23
Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The benefits of the bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) for rehabilitation of conductive and mixed hearing loss are well established. Recently, the BAHA was used to rehabilitate patients with single-sided deafness (SSD). In this study, the benefits of the BAHA in SSD are presented. STUDY DESIGN: Case series with planned data collection. SETTING: Tertiary referral center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Twenty-one consecutive adult patients with SSD underwent single-stage BAHA implantation on the side of deafness. Testing in sound field was performed using the hearing-in-noise test (HINT) in both unaided and aided conditions. Speech and noise signals were delivered through two speakers oriented in two test paradigms. The outcomes were expressed as signal-to-noise (S/N) ratios. Subjective benefit analyses were determined through two questionnaires: the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) and the Glasgow Hearing Aid Benefit Profile (GHABP). RESULTS: All subjects demonstrated significant improvement in speech reception thresholds with the HINT using the BAHA, especially with the 90/270 speaker paradigm, in which the mean improvement over the unaided condition was 5.5 dB SPL (range, 2.0-11.0 dB; P=0.00001). Qualitative subjective outcome measures demonstrated additional benefits. CONCLUSION: In SSD patients, the BAHA provides significant subjective benefits and improves speech understanding in noise.

Publisher Mosby-Year Book
ISSN/ISBN 0194-5998
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A5252049
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.02.029
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19559952
ISI-Number WOS:000267404900007
Document type (ISI) Journal Article
 
   

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