Outcomes of Active Middle Ear Implants: Speech Perception and Quality of Life
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Outcome Measures
2.3. Questionnaire
3. Results
Outcome Measures
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Demographics and Surgical Characteristics |
Overall
N = 31 | |
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Side | Left | 14 (45.2) |
Right | 17 (54.8) | |
Type of HL | CHL | 20 (64.5) |
MHL | 7 (22.6) | |
SNHL | 4 (12.9) | |
Coupler | Clip Coupler | 13 (41.9) |
LP Coupler | 1 (3.2) | |
RWS Coupler | 5 (16.1) | |
SP Coupler | 12 (38.7) | |
Surgical Time (Hours) | 2:00:00 | 6 (19.4) |
2:30:00 | 6 (19.4) | |
3:00:00 | 14 (45.2) | |
4:00:00 | 4 (12.9) | |
5:00:00 | 1 (3.2) | |
Mean (SD) | 2.9 (0.7) | |
VORP template drawing made before incision | NO | 20 (71.4) |
YES | 8 (28.6) | |
Skin flap measured with skin flap gauge 7 | Pass | 27 (96.4) |
Thinned | 1 (3.6) | |
Stapes present | NO | 5 (17.9) |
YES | 23 (82.1) | |
Abnormal facial nerve course | NO | 24 (85.7) |
Limiting Posterior Tympanotomy | 4 (14.3) | |
RW niche visible | NO | 4 (23.5) |
YES | 13 (76.5) | |
Age at operation (Years) | Mean (SD) | 25.3 (18.9) |
Postoperative complications | None | 23 (95.8) |
Secondary facial nerve paralysis | 1 (4.2) | |
Pure-Tone Audiometry (PTA) Air Conduction | ||
250 Hz | Mean (SD) | 65.5 (17.2) |
500 Hz | Mean (SD) | 64.0 (13.7) |
1000 Hz | Mean (SD) | 59.4 (10.5) |
2000 Hz | Mean (SD) | 56.0 (10.8) |
4000 Hz | Mean (SD) | 66.0 (13.3) |
6000 Hz | Mean (SD) | 69.5 (15.5) |
PTA4 | Mean (SD) | 61.3 (8.6) |
Bone Conduction | ||
500 Hz | Mean (SD) | 13.7 (14.7) |
1000 Hz | Mean (SD) | 13.9 (16.1) |
2000 Hz | Mean (SD) | 24.2 (18.8) |
4000 Hz | Mean (SD) | 22.1 (21.9) |
Speech Audiometry Measures | ||
SRT | Mean (SD) | 59.4 (11.2) |
SDS in Quite (score %) | Mean (SD) | 36.8 (23.7) |
SDS in Noise (score %) | Mean (SD) | 21.6 (15.0) |
SSQ | Mean (SD) | 4.9 (2.4) |
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Salamah, M.; Alradhi, A.; Alzhrani, F.; Yousef, M. Outcomes of Active Middle Ear Implants: Speech Perception and Quality of Life. J. Pers. Med. 2024, 14, 883. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14080883
Salamah M, Alradhi A, Alzhrani F, Yousef M. Outcomes of Active Middle Ear Implants: Speech Perception and Quality of Life. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2024; 14(8):883. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14080883
Chicago/Turabian StyleSalamah, Marzouqi, Athair Alradhi, Farid Alzhrani, and Medhat Yousef. 2024. "Outcomes of Active Middle Ear Implants: Speech Perception and Quality of Life" Journal of Personalized Medicine 14, no. 8: 883. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14080883