title: Amplification by bone conduction in congenital malformations: patient benefits and satisfaction.
abstract: Hearing loss is one of the most common clinical findings in subjects with malformations of the ear. Treatment consists of surgery and/or adapt a hearing aid amplification by bone (HA VO). Early intervention is critical to auditory stimulation and development of speech and language.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To characterize the audiological profile of subjects with congenital malformation of the external ear and/or middle and evaluate the benefit and satisfaction of using HA VO.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive study, subjects with bilateral congenital malformations of the external ear and/or middle, conductive or mixed hearing loss, moderate or severe and HA VO users. Evaluation of the benefit test using sentence recognition in noise and measures of functional gain and satisfaction assessment questionnaire using international IQ - HA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  13 subjects were evaluated, 61% were male and 80% with moderate conductive hearing loss or severe. There was better performance in the evaluation proposal, provided with HA when compared to the condition without HA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HA VO showed advantages for the population studied and should be considered as an option for intervention. Satisfaction was confirmed by elevated scores obtained in IQ - HA.
authors.affiliation: Craniofacial Rehabilitation Hospital, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elaine Cristina Moreto
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Paccola
authors.forename: João Cândido
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda Capoani Garcia
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mondelli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D001844:Bone Conduction / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D055815:Young Adult