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Assessment of Cortical Auditory Function Using Electrophysiological and Neuropsychological Measurements in Children with Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids
- Source :
- Journal of Medicine and Life
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Children suffering from conductive or mixed hearing loss may benefit from a bone-anchored hearing aid system (BAHA Attract implantable prosthesis). After audiological rehabilitation, different aspects of development are improving. The objective of this case report is to propose a comprehensive framework for monitoring cortical auditory function after implantation of a bone-anchored hearing aid system by using electrophysiological and neuropsychological measurements. We present the case of a seven-year-old boy with a congenital hearing loss due to a plurimalformative syndrome, including outer and middle ear malformation. After the diagnosis of hearing loss and the audiological rehabilitation with a BAHA Attract implantable prosthesis, the cortical auditory evoked potentials were recorded. We performed a neuropsychological evaluation using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fourth Edition, which was applied according to a standard procedure. The P1 latency was delayed according to the age (an objective biomarker for quantifying cortical auditory function). The neuropsychological evaluation revealed that the child’s working memory and verbal reasoning abilities were in the borderline range comparing with his nonverbal reasoning abilities and processing abilities, which were in the average and below-average range, respectively. Cortical auditory evoked potentials, along with neuropsychological evaluation, could be an essential tool for monitoring cortical auditory function in children with hearing loss after a bone-anchored hearing aid implantation.
- Subjects :
- Hearing aid
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Hearing loss
medicine.medical_treatment
BAHA System
Audiology
Congenital hearing loss
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Hearing Aids
Jaw Abnormalities
children
Microstomia
medicine
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Humans
cortical auditory function
Ear, External
030223 otorhinolaryngology
Child
Evoked Potentials
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
hearing loss
Auditory Cortex
Rehabilitation
business.industry
Working memory
Neuropsychology
General Medicine
Verbal reasoning
Electrophysiological Phenomena
Original Article
medicine.symptom
cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs)
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18443117
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of medicine and life
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....418fa1916f31603ac03863bc67ca5460