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ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2021

Monitoring of the auditory pathway maturation after early intervention during the first year of life in infants with sensorineural hearing loss.

F Matin, S Haumann, W Roßberg, D Mitovska, T Lenarz, A Lesinski-Schiedat

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Article in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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F MatinOtorhinolaryngology Department, Head and Neck Surgery, Hanover Medical University, Hannover, Germany. matin.farnaz@mh-hannover.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3953-112X
S HaumannOtorhinolaryngology Department, Head and Neck Surgery, Hanover Medical University, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9138-0277
W RoßbergOtorhinolaryngology Department, Head and Neck Surgery, Hanover Medical University, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4709-8661
D MitovskaOtorhinolaryngology Department, Head and Neck Surgery, Hanover Medical University, Hannover, Germany.
T LenarzOtorhinolaryngology Department, Head and Neck Surgery, Hanover Medical University, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9307-5989
A Lesinski-SchiedatOtorhinolaryngology Department, Head and Neck Surgery, Hanover Medical University, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1057-0245
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe objective of this study was to investigate the auditory pathway maturation monitored by auditory brainstem responses (ABR) in infants with hearing loss during the first year of life. ABR were used to estimate hearing thresholds and the effect of early intervention strategies using hearing aids (HA).

methodsClick-evoked ABRs were measured in 102 infants aged from 0 to 12 months to determine their individual auditory threshold. Early therapy intervention was recommended before 12 months of age and analyzed. To evaluate the effect of hearing amplification on auditory maturation, different subgroups of infants with moderate hearing loss were analyzed and the auditory pathway maturation was determined based on IPL I-V shortening.

resultsOverall, 110 ears (54.0% of 204 ears) with mild to profound HL showed threshold changes of 10 dB up to 60 dB in the follow-up ABR testing. HA were prescribed at the age of 3.8 ± 3.9 months. Cochlear implantation (CI) was performed in cases of repeated profound HL at the age of 9.9 months ± 4.5 months. A significant shortening of IPL I-V in all subgroups of infants (with and without risk factors) who received HA was shown and assumed auditory pathway maturation.

conclusionAn early intervention using optimally fitted HA influenced auditory pathway maturation and may lead to improvements of hearing thresholds during the first year of life in infants. This study underscores the importance of not only providing HAs to infants, but also controlling for hearing threshold changes ensuring that HAs provide the optimal level of intervention or CI is indicated.

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Hearing LossHearing Loss, SensorineuralAuditory PathwaysAuditory ThresholdEvoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain StemHumansInfantAuditory brainstem responseAuditory pathway maturationFollow-upHearing aidHearing lossInfant

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