Mata-Rivera MC, Arias-Velázquez M, Chamlati-Aguirre LE, Gutiérrez-Farfán IS, Luna-Reyes FA, Verduzco-Mendoza A, Arch-Tirado E

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ABSTRACT

Binaural hearing allows the optimal performance of the auditory system with a better perception of the sounds that make up language and better discrimination in noisy environments. The use of binaural-bimodal stimulation includes a combination of 2 different pacing modes: a cochlear implant in one ear , and acoustic stimulation through a conventional hearing aid in the other. The aim of this study is to determine the hearing gain in patients with cochlear implant alone and hearing aid. Twenty prelingually hearing impaired patients, 11 female and 9 male subjects were recruited with mean age at implantation and 3.91 ± 1.56 years and 6.07 ±, 2.18 years at the time of audiological assessment at six months post-implantation. Implanted patients were assessed per month after the surgery for the first telemetry subsequently were reassessed every month to make changes to schedules stimulation map according to the auditory responses and progress shown in speech therapy. When calculating the mean and standard deviation of the auditory response in implanted subjects, you can appreciate that in the group of patients with cochlear implant plus hearing aid using the values obtained were lower at all frequencies, indicating a higher gain using auditory hearing aid over a cochlear implant, in comparison to patients who only used the cochlear implant. Comparing auditory responses in patients implanted with and without hearing aid, statistically significant differences were observed at all frequencies except at 2 kHz, showing that there is a better discrimination in noisy environments. The patients use more AA gain greater hearing gain compared with patients who only used the IC.

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