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AUTHOR
Ignacia Pitarch-ribas
Initial experience with the Sophono Alpha 1 osseointegrated implant.
In the last several years, bone anchored hearing aids have proven to be useful in treating conductive and mixed unilateral or bilateral hearing loss, as well as for sensorineural unilateral hearing loss. The Sophono Alpha 1 model has the advantage of not requiring an abutment, with it being coupled by magnetism instead. We report the cases of 3 infants with congenital malformations of external and middle ear. Audiometry showed conductive hearing loss. All 3 patients were implanted with Alpha 1 model (Sophono). Patients evolved satisfactorily. After 30 days we applied the processor and the control audiometry showed a marked improvement of hearing thresholds, although without a complete closu…
Cortical neuroplasticity in children after early cochlear implantation
Hearing is crucial to learn and use language. Loss of hearing in children affects the development of speech, language and cognitive abilities, and severely impairs social capabilities. Thus, efforts to restore auditory perception are determinative and research should be focused on factors likely to bring about the best prognosis. Numerous experimental observations demonstrate that there is a sensitive or critical period for cochlear implantation. Implantations performed in prelingually deaf children in this period are associated with better results in terms of speech recognition and language acquisition. This is the time period in which brain plasticity shows its highest level of developmen…
Experiencia inicial con el implante osteointegrado Alpha 1 de Sophono
En los ultimos anos los implantes osteointegrados han probado su utilidad en el tratamiento de la hipoacusia de transmision mixta, uni o bilateral, y la neurosensorial unilateral. El implante Alpha 1 de Sophono ofrece una ventaja sustancial, la falta de acoplador externo y su union al receptor por medio de magnetismo. Presentamos el caso de 3 ninos que padecen malformaciones de oido externo y medio de origen congenito. Los estudios audiometricos revelan hipoacusias de transmision de caracter moderado. En los 3 pacientes se propuso la colocacion del implante Alpha 1 de Sophono. Los pacientes evolucionaron de forma satisfactoria. A los 30 dias se les aplico el procesador, y en las audiometria…