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Benefits of Bimodal Hearing With Cochlear and Middle Ear Implants: Preliminary Results in Four Patients.
Otol Neurotol. 2018 Apr 24;:
Authors: Lee HJ, Kim SH, Moon IS, Jung J, Lee JM, Choi JY
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Conventional hearing aids have some limitations in overcoming a large air-bone gap or in cases of severe high-frequency hearing loss. The authors aimed to evaluate the benefit of a new bimodal hearing configuration combining cochlear implantation (CI) and middle ear implant (MEI) in patients with severe mixed conductive and ski-slope hearing loss.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case review.
SETTING: Tertiary referral center.
PATIENTS: Four patients with severe to profound hearing loss, who underwent CI in one ear and MEI in the other, were enrolled.
INTERVENTION: Audiological outcomes were assessed at least 6 months after the MEI/CI operation. Pure-tone audiometry (PTA) in unaided, CI-aided, and MEI-aided conditions were measured.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Average threshold changes in bands of frequencies (<1 kHz, ≥1 kHz) were compared between MEI-aided and HA-aided conditions. The Korean version of the Hearing-in-Noise Test (K-HINT), and speech perception score in noisy and quiet conditions were evaluated in the bimodal configuration (i.e., MEI with CI).
RESULTS: MEI-aided PTA was especially increased in high-frequency areas (≥1 kHz). Speech perception in noisy and quiet conditions demonstrated better scores in the bimodal configuration. K-HINT also demonstrated better scores in the bimodal configuration.
CONCLUSIONS: There is an increasing number of patients with unilateral CI and residual hearing in the contralateral ear. The benefits of a new bimodal hearing configuration with CI and MEI were demonstrated in patients with severe high-frequency hearing loss or mixed conductive hearing loss in the contralateral ear.
PMID: 29697586 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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