| Benefit and quality of life after bone-anchored hearing aid fitting in children with unilateral or bilateral hearing impairment. | |
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PMID: 21339398 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the benefits of a bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) in the daily lives of hearing-impaired children. DESIGN: Retrospective questionnaire study. SETTING: Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. PATIENTS: Thirty-eight BAHA users with a minimum age of 4 years at BAHA fitting and 1 to 4 years of use, divided into groups with bilateral conductive or mixed hearing loss and either normal cognition or mental disability and a group with unilateral conductive hearing loss. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Scores on the Glasgow Children's Benefit Inventory, Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit, and Health Utilities Index Mark 3. RESULTS: The Glasgow Children's Benefit Inventory showed a subjective overall benefit of +32, +16, and +26 in the 3 groups (on a scale of -100 to +100). The Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit also showed an overall mean benefit in the groups. On an individual level, a clinically significant benefit was reported by more children in the group with bilateral hearing loss and normal cognition (7 patients [70%]) than in the unilateral hearing loss group (4 patients [27%]). Overall mean health utility scores and disability index scores on the Health Utility Index Mark 3 were comparable among the 3 groups. CONCLUSION: Overall, BAHA fitting can be considered effective and beneficial in children with bilateral or unilateral hearing loss. |
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Maarten J F de Wolf; Myrthe K S Hol; Emmanuel A M Mylanus; Ad F M Snik; Cor W R J Cremers |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery Volume: 137 ISSN: 1538-361X ISO Abbreviation: Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-02-22 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8603209 Medline TA: Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 130-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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