Amplification by bone conduction in congenital malformations: patient benefits and satisfaction.
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol
; 79(3): 359-65, 2013.
Article
in En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23743753
UNLABELLED: Hearing loss is one of the most common clinical findings in subjects with malformations of the ear. Treatment consists of surgery and/or adapt a hearing aid amplification by bone (HA VO). Early intervention is critical to auditory stimulation and development of speech and language. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the audiological profile of subjects with congenital malformation of the external ear and/or middle and evaluate the benefit and satisfaction of using HA VO. METHOD: A descriptive study, subjects with bilateral congenital malformations of the external ear and/or middle, conductive or mixed hearing loss, moderate or severe and HA VO users. Evaluation of the benefit test using sentence recognition in noise and measures of functional gain and satisfaction assessment questionnaire using international IQ - HA. RESULTS: 13 subjects were evaluated, 61% were male and 80% with moderate conductive hearing loss or severe. There was better performance in the evaluation proposal, provided with HA when compared to the condition without HA. CONCLUSION: HA VO showed advantages for the population studied and should be considered as an option for intervention. Satisfaction was confirmed by elevated scores obtained in IQ - HA.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bone Conduction
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Ear, External
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Ear, Middle
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Hearing Aids
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Hearing Loss, Conductive
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
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Pt
Journal:
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol
Journal subject:
OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
Brazil