Yakawa, S.; Sugiuchi, T.; Myojin, R.; Sato, K.; Murakami, T.; Miyoshi, Y.; Sugio, Y. Management of Cartilage Conduction Hearing Aids in Pediatric Patients. Audiol. Res.2023, 13, 871-888.
Yakawa, S.; Sugiuchi, T.; Myojin, R.; Sato, K.; Murakami, T.; Miyoshi, Y.; Sugio, Y. Management of Cartilage Conduction Hearing Aids in Pediatric Patients. Audiol. Res. 2023, 13, 871-888.
Yakawa, S.; Sugiuchi, T.; Myojin, R.; Sato, K.; Murakami, T.; Miyoshi, Y.; Sugio, Y. Management of Cartilage Conduction Hearing Aids in Pediatric Patients. Audiol. Res.2023, 13, 871-888.
Yakawa, S.; Sugiuchi, T.; Myojin, R.; Sato, K.; Murakami, T.; Miyoshi, Y.; Sugio, Y. Management of Cartilage Conduction Hearing Aids in Pediatric Patients. Audiol. Res. 2023, 13, 871-888.
Abstract
: Forty-nine children who started wearing cartilage conduction hearing aids (CC-HA) before elementary school graduation (including 17 cases of bilateral hearing loss and 32 cases of unilateral hearing loss) were followed up and examined. The wearing and utilization status of CC-HA, as well as the progress to date, were evaluated. In addition, 33 participants who purchased CC-Has were interviewed to assess the wearing effect. Eleven of the 17 children with bilateral hearing loss and 25 of the 32 children with unilateral hearing loss have continued using CC-HA. In terms of wearing effect, a good wearing effect was reported, even by those with one-sided hearing loss. In cases where it is difficult to wear CC-HAs stably with pasting or ear tips, it is possible to fix them stably using commercially available hair bands and eyeglass vines. In two cases, CC-HAs were worn from the age of 0. With ingenuity and appropriate educational and medical support, it is possible to wear CC-HA from infancy.
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