ArticleThe American journal of case reports2021
Implantation of the Vibrant Soundbridge in a Case of Bilateral Malformation of the Middle and External Ear.
Article in The American journal of case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of active middle ear implant on auditory speech perception in individuals with ear malformation.CoDAS · 2025Observational
- New technology can benefit established middle ear implant users: Samba 2 vs previous models of audio processors for Vibrant Soundbridge.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 · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the Bonebridge BCI 602 active bone conductive implant in adults: efficacy and stability of audiological, surgical, and functional outcomes.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 · 2022Article
- Subjective Sound Quality Detection (HISQUI) over Time after Vibrant Soundbridge Implantation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
BACKGROUND Here we present a case of Vibrant Soundbridge implantation in a 13-year-old girl with bilateral aural atresia of the external ear canal. In this instance, we attached the device's floating mass transducer (FMT) to a mobilizable complex of the incus and malleus, which functionally connected to the short process of the incus. CASE REPORT The article presents a case study of a patient with a congenital defect of the middle and external ear and conductive hearing loss, who was referred for middle ear implantation. Tonal audiometry revealed bilateral moderate to severe hearing loss with a 30 to 50 dB air-bone gap. After making a sufficiently wide antromastoidectomy, it became apparent that implantation of the MedEl Bonebridge hearing aid was not possible because of an overhanging dura. The short process of the incus was then visualized and, by drilling the bone laterally and anteriorly, the incus and malleus were found to have formed a conglomerate, firmly fused to the anterior wall of a rather small tympanic cavity. By removing the bony adhesion, mobility of the ossicular chain was restored. The MedEl Vibrant Soundbridge could then be implanted by attaching its FMT to the incus-like conglomerate. CONCLUSIONS Restoration of ossicular chain mobility was achieved, and the patient's hearing was improved by implanting the Vibrant Soundbridge hearing aid. Speech audiometry 1 month later showed improved hearing. Implantation of the Vibrant Soundbridge following ossiculoplasty may be a feasible solution in cases of bilateral congenital defect of the middle and external ear.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.