Efficacy of softband Ponto in young children with bilateral congenital microtia with aural atresia.
- Author:
Yibei WANG
;
Xiaowei CHEN
;
Yue FAN
;
Zhen WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Audiometry;
Auditory Threshold;
Bone Conduction;
Child;
Congenital Abnormalities;
therapy;
Congenital Microtia;
therapy;
Ear;
abnormalities;
Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem;
Hearing;
Hearing Aids;
Hearing Loss, Bilateral;
Hearing Loss, Conductive;
Hearing Tests;
Humans;
Infant
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2015;29(4):291-294
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
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.
