[Efficacy of softband Ponto in young children with bilateral congenital microtia with aural atresia].
Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi
; 29(4): 291-4, 2015 Feb.
Article
in Zh
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26121823
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate auditory developments and the effectiveness of children with congenital bilateral aural atresia after using softband Ponto and to compare them with children with normal hearing.METHOD:
Twenty patients (age ranging from 3 months to 21 months ) with bilateral aural atresia were studied. The air and bone auditory thresholds were assessed by auditory brain stem response (ABR). The infant-todder meaning auditory integration scale (IT-MAIS) was used to evaluate the auditory development at three time levels baseline, 3 months and 6 months.RESULT:
The average unaided bone conduction hearing thresholds of patients is (17.5 ± 5.9)dB nHL,and the average air conduction hearing thresholds is (72.5 ± 9.3)dB nHL. The average VRA hearing thresholds of 5 patients is (30.5 ± 5.9) dB HL. The IT-MAIS total, detection and perception scores are improved specifically after wearing softband Ponto and approaching the normal level.CONCLUSION:
Softband Ponto is suitable for infants with bilateral atresia. Results from these auditory development testing are encouraging. Softband Ponto should be used as a bridge for surgical implantations when temporal bone is thick enough.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Congenital Abnormalities
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Ear
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Congenital Microtia
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Infant
Language:
Zh
Journal:
Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article