Rehabilitation der Hochtoninnenohrschwerhörigkeit

Abstract

The middle ear implant Vibrant Soundbridge has been shown to be perform extremely well especially in the high frequencies. It offers a new solution for rehabilitation of high frequency hearing loss.

Passive and active middle ear implants

“…The VORP is set in an appropriately drilled out bone bed. The audiological indication is mild to moderate hearing loss with low losses of up to 1 kHz, whereas due to the better efficiency of the transducer in a higher frequency range, stronger losses can be compensated [158], [159]. The highest auditory threshold gain is between 1 and 2 kHz between 28–37 dB [160], [161], [162], [163] with good long-term stability [164].…”

Response to: Comment on “Original Solution for Middle Ear Implant and Anesthetic/Surgical Management in a Child with Severe Craniofacial Dysmorphism”

“…It is shown that the Vibrant Soundbridge provides high gain especially in the high frequencies leading to better speech comprehension in noise [24, 25]. …”