New Perspectives for Middle Ear Implants: First Results in Otosclerosis With Mixed Hearing Loss

Middle ear implantation is an efficient procedure to restore moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss (HL) in selected patients. Implantation of such devices requires ossicular chain integrity. Patients suffering from otosclerosis with mixed HL should be eligible for this treatment after stapes...

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Published in:The Laryngoscope 2007-03, Vol.117 (3), p.552-555
Main Authors: Venail, Frederic, Lavieille, Jean Pierre, Meller, Renaud, Deveze, Arnaud, Tardivet, Laurent, Magnan, Jacques
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Auditory Perception
Auditory Perception - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Bone Conduction
Bone Conduction - physiology
Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural
Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural - etiology
Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural - surgery
Humans
Life Sciences
Male
Medical sciences
MET Otologics
Middle Aged
Neurons and Cognition
Non tumoral diseases
Ossicular Prosthesis
Ossicular Replacement
Ossicular Replacement - methods
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Otosclerosis
Otosclerosis - complications
Otosclerosis - physiopathology
Otosclerosis - surgery
Prosthesis Design
stapes surgery
Vibrant Med-El
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Summary:Middle ear implantation is an efficient procedure to restore moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss (HL) in selected patients. Implantation of such devices requires ossicular chain integrity. Patients suffering from otosclerosis with mixed HL should be eligible for this treatment after stapes surgery with air‐bone gap closure. To address this issue, we report four cases of middle ear implantation after or during stapes surgery. Results and complications obtained with Vibrant SoundBridge, MedEl and Middle Ear Transducer, Otologics are reported. Audiologic results were similar to those obtained in cases of sensorineural HL. One case of postoperative labyrinthitis was observed.
ISSN:0023-852X
1531-4995
DOI:10.1097/MLG.0b013e31802dfc59