The Effect of Audiant Bone Conductor Implantation.
- Author:
Hyun Gyoo PARK
1
;
Kwang Ryun KO
;
Young Soo BAN
;
Kang Duk LEE
;
Chan Yuon PARK
;
Bong Nam CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology, Kwangju Christian Hospital, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Audiant bone conductor
- MeSH:
Follow-Up Studies;
Hearing;
Hearing Loss, Conductive;
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural;
Humans
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1997;40(6):815-818
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Audiant bone conductor(ABC) can be beneficial to patients with conductive hearing loss and sensorineural hearing loss. We have implanted ABC for 3 patients with bilateral conductive hearing loss and 2 patients with unilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss. And we evaluated the hearing gain in these patients except 1 case who did not return for follow up. The preoperative average air conduction threshoulds at the three speech frequencies 500, 1000 and 2000Hz, SRT, SD scores were 48.3dB HL, 47.5dB HL, 95% respectively and 19.1dB HL, 20dB HL, 95% postoperatively in 2 patients with bilateral conductive hearing loss. The preoperative average air conduction threshoulds at the three speech frequencies 500, 1000 and 2000Hz, SRT, SD scores were no response, no response, 0% respectively and 42.5dB HL, 51.3dB HL, 60% postoperatively in 2 patients with sensorineural hearing loss.
