[Bilateral bone anchored hearing aid management of children with external ear dysplasia and/or ear canal atresia].
OBJECTIVE
The literature gives hardly any information about the benefits for children of using a bilateral bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) as opposed to a bilateral conventional bone conducting hearing aid.


METHODS
Within a period of 12 years, three children were selected for treatment with bilateral BAHA. At the time of surgery, the children were aged between 8 and 10 years. Two of the children suffered from Franceschetti syndrome and one child from Goldenhar's syndrome. The clinical course of these three patients is presented.


RESULTS
In all cases, treatment with BAHA was beneficial according to subjective and objective criteria despite localized inflammatory complications in two of the three cases.


CONCLUSIONS
The bilateral use of BAHA should be considered more frequently as an alternative to conventional bone conducting hearing aids even for children.
Missfeldt
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Institut für Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie, Vestische Kinderklinik, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Dr.-Friedrich-Steiner-Strasse 5, 45711 Datteln.
Baun
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Zwirner
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D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001844:Bone Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000151:congenital* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design