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Otology & Neurotology

Publication date: 2011-06-01
Volume: 32 Pages: 639 - 645
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Author:

Verhaert, Nicolas
Fuchsmann, Carine ; Tringali, Stephane ; Lina-Granade, Genevieve ; Truy, Eric

Keywords:

active middle ear implants, conductive hearing loss, congenital aural atresia, stapes-footplate fixation, round window stimulation, vibrant soundbridge, auricular atresia, stapes fixation, aid, reconstruction, surgery, transducer, microtia, auricle, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Clinical Neurology, Otorhinolaryngology, Neurosciences & Neurology, Active middle ear implants, Conductive hearing loss, Congenital aural atresia, Stapes-footplate fixation, ROUND WINDOW STIMULATION, VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE, AURICULAR ATRESIA, STAPES FIXATION, AID, RECONSTRUCTION, SURGERY, TRANSDUCER, MICROTIA, AURICLE, Adolescent, Adult, Audiometry, Audiometry, Pure-Tone, Auditory Threshold, Bone Conduction, Child, Ear, Middle, Female, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss, Bilateral, Hearing Loss, Conductive, Hearing Loss, Unilateral, Humans, Male, Ossicular Prosthesis, Speech Perception, Treatment Outcome, 0608 Zoology, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 3202 Clinical sciences, 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science

Abstract:

Objective: To describe our surgical and audiometric experience using different active middle ear implant strategies facing various anatomic situations in aural atresia.