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AUTHOR
M. Ignacia Pitarch-ribas
Primeras experiencias con el dispositivo osteointegrado Ponto™ SuperPower
Resumen Los dispositivos auditivos osteointegrados (DAO) Power y SuperPower presentan indicaciones para umbrales en via osea de 55 y 65 dB, respectivamente. Realizamos un estudio observacional prospectivo de una serie de 6 casos con hipoacusia mixta en los que se realizo implantacion del DAO Ponto™ SuperPower. Se realizaron previo a la implantacion y 6 meses tras la adaptacion valoraciones tonales y verbales sin y con ruido de fondo (HINTS). Todos los participantes mostraron mejoria en los resultados tonales y verbales, variando segun el grado de hipoacusia contralateral. Cabe destacar los resultados verbales con ruido de fondo donde la mayoria de los pacientes obtuvieron una relacion senal…
First Experiences With the Ponto⢢ SuperPower Osseointegrated Device
Osseointegrated hearing devices Power and SuperPower present indications for bone thresholds of 55 and 65 dB respectively. We conducted a prospective observational study of a series of six cases with mixed hearing loss for whom implantation of the DAO Ponto™ Super-Power was performed. Tonal and verbal evaluations without and with background noise (HINTS) were performed prior to implantation and six months after adaptation. All the participants showed improvement in tonal and verbal results, varying according to the degree of contralateral hearing loss. The verbal results with background noise were noteworthy, where most of the patients obtained a signal-to-noise ratio between 2 and 4 dB. Th…