Unexplained Variation in Benefit of Treatment of Congenital Unilateral Aural Atresia : A Review of the Literature

© 2021 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel..

OBJECTIVE: A review of published data regarding binaural hearing after treatment of congenital unilateral conductive hearing loss (UCHL) due to aural atresia. Treatment options concern atresia surgery (reconstructive surgery), application of a bone conduction device (BCD), or application of a middle ear implant (MEI).

DATA SOURCES: Database PubMed was searched for articles published in English and German between January 1, 1994, and January 1, 2019.

STUDY SELECTION: The initial search identified 52 studies, of which 9 met the inclusion criteria.

DATA SYNTHESIS: Comparison of studies was based on a structured review. Meta-analysis was not feasible because of the heterogeneity of outcome measures, the limited number of relevant papers (9), and diverse types of treatment (5).

CONCLUSIONS: Treatment of UCHL results in bilateral hearing instead of binaural hearing. The large intersubject variability in benefit of treatment is unexplained with a clear improvement in the minority of listeners and a limited improvement or binaural interference in most listeners after atresia repair or amplification with a BCD or MEI.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Audiology & neuro-otology - 26(2021), 5 vom: 27., Seite 295-302

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vogt, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Desmet, Jolien [VerfasserIn]
Janssen, Arno M [VerfasserIn]
Agterberg, Martijn J H [VerfasserIn]
Snik, Ad F M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aural atresia
Binaural hearing
Conductive hearing loss
Congenital hearing loss
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Systematic Review
Treatment

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Date Completed 25.10.2021

Date Revised 25.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1159/000512245

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321275373