Application of the Vibrant Soundbridge^®in bilateral congenital atresia in toddlers

Abstract

Speech performance is nearly normal in both quiet and noise conditions. The surgery did not affect the tissues that are important for the later ear reconstruction.

Vibrant Soundbridge in congenital osseous atresia: multicenter study of 12 patients with osseous atresia

“…Frenzel et al [11] published a mean functional gain of 45.5 dB in seven patients. This same group recently published a case of a 6-year-old implanted patient with normal hearing thresholds after implantation of VSB [12]. Our experience supports the published data [7].…”

Complications of bone-anchored hearing aids in pediatric patients

“…Ultimately, preventing soft tissue problems seen with Baha 1 at the soft tissue implant interface may require a fully implantable hearing device such as the Vibrant Soundbridge 1 or Sophono Otomag 1 device or an intraoral bone-conduction device recently reported by Popelka et al [16,17].…”

The Lübeck Flowchart for Functional and Aesthetic Rehabilitation of Aural Atresia and Microtia

“…We have implanted the device in infants who are 12 to 15 months of age. This allows reasonable stimulation of both cochleae separately to achieve more natural maturation of the auditory pathways before the age of 2 (25,26) With the incision line 15 to 20 mm posterior to the anticipated position of the auricle, followed by a subperiosteal preparation toward the atretic plane, the conservation of delicate tissues for plastic reconstruction is not problematic (9).…”