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Experience with the Vibrant Soundbridge RW-Coupler for round window Vibroplasty with tympanosclerosis
Usage of the Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) with round window (RW)-Coupler placement at the RW has been shown to successfully treat mixed hearing loss. Coupling between the VSB's floating mass transducer (FMT) and the RW membrane is difficult in the case of sclerosis in the RW and drilling down the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3490479/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22385350 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00016489.2011.649492 |
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author | Iwasaki, Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Moteki, Hideaki Miyagawa, Maiko Takumi, Yutaka Usami, Shin-ichi |
author_facet | Iwasaki, Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Moteki, Hideaki Miyagawa, Maiko Takumi, Yutaka Usami, Shin-ichi |
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description | Usage of the Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) with round window (RW)-Coupler placement at the RW has been shown to successfully treat mixed hearing loss. Coupling between the VSB's floating mass transducer (FMT) and the RW membrane is difficult in the case of sclerosis in the RW and drilling down the bony lip until the RW membrane can be seen completely can possibly induce a perilymphatic fistula. A 68-year-old woman who had bilateral mixed hearing loss with sclerosis in the RW due to tympanosclerosis underwent a RW-Vibroplasty with a RW-Coupler. Speech discrimination scores in quiet and noise and functional gain with the VSB with RW-Coupler were better than those using a conventional hearing aid. The results of the present case have shown the feasibility of implanting a VSB with RW-Coupler in patients with mixed hearing loss due to tympanosclerosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-34904792012-11-09 Experience with the Vibrant Soundbridge RW-Coupler for round window Vibroplasty with tympanosclerosis Iwasaki, Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Moteki, Hideaki Miyagawa, Maiko Takumi, Yutaka Usami, Shin-ichi Acta Otolaryngol Case Report Usage of the Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) with round window (RW)-Coupler placement at the RW has been shown to successfully treat mixed hearing loss. Coupling between the VSB's floating mass transducer (FMT) and the RW membrane is difficult in the case of sclerosis in the RW and drilling down the bony lip until the RW membrane can be seen completely can possibly induce a perilymphatic fistula. A 68-year-old woman who had bilateral mixed hearing loss with sclerosis in the RW due to tympanosclerosis underwent a RW-Vibroplasty with a RW-Coupler. Speech discrimination scores in quiet and noise and functional gain with the VSB with RW-Coupler were better than those using a conventional hearing aid. The results of the present case have shown the feasibility of implanting a VSB with RW-Coupler in patients with mixed hearing loss due to tympanosclerosis. Informa Healthcare 2012-06 2012-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3490479/ /pubmed/22385350 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00016489.2011.649492 Text en Copyright: © Informa Healthcare http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Iwasaki, Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Moteki, Hideaki Miyagawa, Maiko Takumi, Yutaka Usami, Shin-ichi Experience with the Vibrant Soundbridge RW-Coupler for round window Vibroplasty with tympanosclerosis |
title | Experience with the Vibrant Soundbridge RW-Coupler for round window Vibroplasty with tympanosclerosis |
title_full | Experience with the Vibrant Soundbridge RW-Coupler for round window Vibroplasty with tympanosclerosis |
title_fullStr | Experience with the Vibrant Soundbridge RW-Coupler for round window Vibroplasty with tympanosclerosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Experience with the Vibrant Soundbridge RW-Coupler for round window Vibroplasty with tympanosclerosis |
title_short | Experience with the Vibrant Soundbridge RW-Coupler for round window Vibroplasty with tympanosclerosis |
title_sort | experience with the vibrant soundbridge rw-coupler for round window vibroplasty with tympanosclerosis |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3490479/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22385350 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00016489.2011.649492 |
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