ABSTRACT
Introduction: The bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) is a bone conduction hearing device that transmits sound directly into the inner ear. It is mainly used in patients with conductive hearing loss associated with aural atresia, but it is also used in those with mixed and sensorineural hearing loss. Goals: To review the main indications for BAHA, to analyze the audiometric results and its benefits for patients and compare them with other treatment modalities, and to compare the literature data with our sample of 13 patients. Method: The research was performed using a database covering works in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with no limitations in the years when the procedures were performed. We compared the literature data with our results for the 13 patients who underwent BAHA implantation between the years 2000 and 2009. Results: Most of the studies showed that BAHA has great advantages over reconstructive surgery in terms of hearing results, complications, and disease recurrence. The postoperative results for our 13 patients were satisfactory and comparable with the results from the literature, with closure of the air-bone gap in 7 patients and achieving an air-bone gap of 10 dB in 6 patients. No postoperative complications were observed. Conclusion: BAHA is a better treatment option than reconstructive surgery for patients with bilateral deafness. It is a relatively simple surgical procedure with few complications and good hearing results. Recent studies have examined its use in conductive and unilateral sensorineural hearing loss...
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Humans , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Young Adult , Audiometry , Hearing Aids , Ear/abnormalities , Ear/surgery , Hearing Loss, Conductive/rehabilitation , Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/rehabilitation , Otologic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects , Otologic Surgical Procedures/rehabilitation , Plastic Surgery Procedures , TympanoplastyABSTRACT
La experiencia en el área de rehabilitación del Programa de Implante Coclear (PIC) del Centro Médico Otológico y la Clínica José A. Rivas Ltda., ha permitido realizar un cambio de concepción significativo en cuanto al abordaje del trabajo con niños y adolescentes usuarios de implante coclear. Desde 1994 los profesionales del PIC se han puesto en la tarea de propiciar las condiciones óptimas para que los niños tengan acceso al mundo de los sonidos y realicen una apropiación real de la lengua oral. Esto ha sido posible gracias a los permanentes procesos de formación y a la continua búsqueda de los resultados obtenidos con los diversos enfoques de trabajo usados alrededor del mundo, lo cual a su vez ha conducido a que, en la actualidad, se desarrolle un trabajo basado en la rehabilitación del PIC, con enfoque auditivo-oral. Esta filosofía, le ha permitido al PIC, acorde con las políticas del programa, encontrar un espacio donde los profesionales, la familia y el colegio forman parte de un equipo que tiene como prioridad el mejoramiento de la calidad de vida de nuestros niños