Updated surgical experience with bone-anchored hearing aids in children

Lloyd, Simon; Almeyda, J; Sirimanna, K. S.; Albert, David; Bailey, C. M.

doi:10.1017/s0022215107003714

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“…Most authors report using a two-stage procedure for BAHA insertion in the pediatric population, citing the caution required given the thin temporal bone in these patients [1,2,[4][5][6][8][9][10][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. However, the minor complications we encountered were not related to the single stage procedure.…”

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confidence: 99%

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BAHA results in children at one year follow-up: A prospective longitudinal study

Saliba

Woods

Caron

2010

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

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confidence: 99%

“…Favorable findings have been reported with regard to subjective evaluation of BAHA devices in several pediatric studies [5,6,[8][9][10][11][13][14][15][16][17][18]21]. Questionnaires filled out by patients, their parents and their teachers have shown great improvement in quality of life, overall behavior and classroom performance.…”

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BAHA results in children at one year follow-up: A prospective longitudinal study

Saliba

Woods

Caron

2010

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

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“…The validity of the Baha for the treatment of conductive and mixed hearing loss has been amply documented in medical literature [3][4][5][8][9][10][11]. It was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for adults in 1996 and, 3 years later, for children aged 5 years and over.…”

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Results and complications of the Baha system (bone-anchored hearing aid)

Ricci

Volpe

Faralli

et al. 2010

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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The aim of this work is to reexamine our experience with the treatment of conductive and mixed hearing loss using the Baha system. The system was implanted in 47 patients (16 adults and 31 children under the age of 14), bilaterally in two cases. The causes of hypoacusis were bilateral congenital aural atresia (31 patients), bilateral chronic otitis media or outcomes of middle-ear surgery (Gillett et al. in J laryngol Otol 120:537-542, 2006), and otosclerosis (Pazzaglia et al. in Acta Orthop Scand 54:574-579, 1983). The following parameters were assessed: mean preoperative air- and bone-conduction thresholds for the frequencies of 500, 1,000, 2,000 and 4,000 Hz; mean postoperative threshold with the Baha; hearing improvement calculated by subtracting the postoperative threshold with the Baha from the preoperative threshold for air conduction in the better ear; speech audiometry test; improvement in the quality of life, calculated using the Glasgow Benefit Inventory for the adult patients and the Glasgow Children's Benefit Inventory for paediatric patients; frequency and type of surgical complications. Follow-up ranged from 6 to 38 months. The audiological results were satisfactory, with air-bone gap closure in 85.1% of cases. In terms of quality of life, assessment using the Glasgow Benefit Inventory showed a clear-cut improvement in health for all the 45 patients that answered to the questionnaires in our study. Out of the 49 operations that were performed, complications were reported in 3 cases (6.1%): 2 cases of skin regrowth around the titanium screw and one in which the abutment was not osseointegrated. The data from this study show that the Baha system offers a high percentage of success, which can significantly improve the patient's quality of life, and a low rate of complications.

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“…International participants presented 41 paediatric cases of all types of hearing loss (31 conductive, 8 mixed, and 2 sensorineural hearing losses) and discussed implantation in this population. Etiologies included malformations (27), chronic otitis media (11), otosclerosis (1) and hereditary sensorineural (2). After the case presentations, performance and safety issues were discussed.…”

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“…However, complications, such as poor osseo-integration, adverse skin reactions and appositional growth of the temporal bone might occur. Revision surgery might be needed in up to 40% of the implanted children [2]. Another disadvantage of bone-conduction devices is that the contralateral cochlea is also stimulated by sound.…”

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International consensus on Vibrant Soundbridge® implantation in children and adolescents

Cremers

O’Connor

Helms

et al. 2010

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

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Updated surgical experience with bone-anchored hearing aids in children

Abstract: Bone-anchored hearing aids provide significant benefits over other types of hearing aid, both audiologically and in terms of quality of life. Careful selection of candidates and meticulous follow up are required in order to minimize complications.

Cited by 94 publications

References 11 publications

BAHA results in children at one year follow-up: A prospective longitudinal study

BAHA results in children at one year follow-up: A prospective longitudinal study

Results and complications of the Baha system (bone-anchored hearing aid)

International consensus on Vibrant Soundbridge® implantation in children and adolescents

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