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Transcutaneous Baha Attract system: Long‐term outcomes of the French multicenter study
| العنوان: | Transcutaneous Baha Attract system: Long‐term outcomes of the French multicenter study |
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| المؤلفون: | Nevoux, Jérôme, Coudert, Cyrille, Boulet, Marc, Czajka, Cécile, Tavernier, Laurent, Daval, Mary, Ayache, Denis, Meller, Renaud, Rossetto, Stéphane, Papon, Jean‐François, Deveze, Arnaud |
| المصدر: | Clinical Otolaryngology ; volume 43, issue 6, page 1553-1559 ; ISSN 1749-4478 1749-4486 |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| المجموعة: | Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref) |
| الوصف: | Background Bone conduction implants based on abutment‐driven acoustic transmission result in good hearing outcomes; however, skin complications impact the quality of life ( QOL ) and possibly the viability of the device for many patients. The transcutaneous magnetic Baha ® Attract technology was developed with the goal of minimising skin complications. Objectives To analyse surgical, auditory and QOL outcomes for patients implanted with the Baha ® Attract. Design Prospective multicentre cohort study. Setting Four French tertiary referral centres. Participants Thirty‐two patients implanted with the Baha ® Attract, including 25 with conductive and mixed hearing loss and 7 with single‐sided deafness. Main outcome measures Postoperative follow‐up involved the visual analysis of soft tissue adaptation and sound processor magnet strength measurement. The audiometric outcomes were evaluated in quiet and noise, and the QOL was assessed using three different questionnaires. Results After 12 months of use, soft tissue was thinner, and mean magnet strength was significantly decreased (3.7‐3.1, P < 0.05) relative to measures during surgery. The speech recognition threshold in quiet significantly improved compared to unaided situation (73‐44 dB HL respectively, P < 0.001) as did functional gain in noise (+2.8). All QOL scores improved, and the APHAB questionnaire score correlated with the audiometric outcomes. Conclusions The Baha ® Attract technology results in significant hearing gain and improves QOL . Skin complications were not observed, although surgeons, audiologists and patients should be aware of soft tissue evolution during the first postoperative year. The reversibility of this implant is a major advantage that allows switching to another system if hearing degrades. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1111/coa.13214 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/coa.13214 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fcoa.13214 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/coa.13214 |
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| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.7E0D768F |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1111/coa.13214 |
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