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The Oticon Ponto System in Adults With Severe-to-Profound and Mixed Hearing Loss: Audiologic Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction by Piotr Henryk Skarzynski; Beata Dziendziel; Elzbieta Wlodarczyk; Henryk Skarzynski is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Objective To measure audiologic outcomes and self-assessed satisfaction with the Ponto system in a group of patients who had severe to profound and mixed hearing loss. ## Study Design Retrospective case review. ## Setting Tertiary referral center. ## Patients Sixteen patients aged 21 to 74 years with severe-to-profound and mixed hearing loss (bone conduction thresholds, ≥45 dB HL). ## Interventions Ponto implant surgery. ## Main Outcome Measure(s) Pure-tone audiometry, free-field hearing thresholds, effective gain, word recognition score in quiet, and speech reception threshold (SRT) in noise were assessed. Patient-reported outcomes were collected using the Clinical Global Impression Scale, Glasgow Benefit Inventory, and Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit. Information concerning any medical complications was also gathered. ## Results Both word recognition score and SRT were significantly better after 12 months compared with before surgery. At normal speech level (65 dB SPL), 12 of 16 users had speech discrimination ≥70%. However, at the 12-month follow-up, the average effective gain was −6.2 dB. In general, the self-report outcomes showed good satisfaction in most patien
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- Author
- Piotr Henryk Skarzynski; Beata Dziendziel; Elzbieta Wlodarczyk; Henryk Skarzynski
- Publisher
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)