What is it about?
Hearing impairment is the most common disable disease. Among them, sensorineural hearing loss is not reversible and most of patients should have auditory rehabilitation with hearing aid or middle ear implant. Although these kinds of hearing rehabilitation can not improve the hearing threhold, middle ear implant such as Vibrant Soundbridge cound improve the most comfortable listening level compared to conventional hearing aid. This finding strengthen thatt active middle ear implant is superior to hearing aid in terms of loudness normalization.
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Why is it important?
Vibrant soundbridge could be a alterative option for hearing aid. There are several advantages of Vibrant soundbridge. Among them, normalizing loudness level is the important fact to reason patients to undergo implantation.
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Vibrant soundbridge is the good choice for sensorineural hearing loss even in patients who were well fitted with hearing aid, because there are many better advantages.
Jinsei Jung
Yonsei University
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This page is a summary of: Vibrant Soundbridge can improve the most comfortable listening level in sensorineural hearing loss: Our experience with 61 patients, Clinical Otolaryngology, September 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/coa.12958.
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