Yakawa Satomi, Sugiuchi Tomoko, Myojin Rika, Sato Kiyoko, Murakami Takako, Miyoshi Yuki, Sugio Yuichiro
Department of Otolaryngology, Sugiuchi Clinic, 2-7-4 Jiyugaoka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0035, Japan.
Kotoba no Mori-Child Development Support and After-School Daycare Facility, 2-7-4-2F Jiyugaoka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0035, Japan.
Audiol Res. 2023 Nov 6;13(6):871-888. doi: 10.3390/audiolres13060076.
Forty-nine children who started wearing cartilage conduction hearing aids (CC-HAs) before completing elementary school (17 with bilateral hearing loss and 32 with unilateral hearing loss) were followed-up and examined. The wearing and utilization status of the CC-HA and its progress to date were evaluated. In addition, 33 participants who purchased the CC-HAs were interviewed to assess the wearing effect. Eleven of seventeen children with bilateral hearing loss and 25 of 32 children with unilateral hearing loss continued to use the CC-HAs. In terms of wearing effect, a good wearing effect was reported, even by those with unilateral hearing loss. In cases where it was difficult to wear CC-HAs stably with pasting or ear tips, it was possible to fix them stably using commercially available hair bands and eyeglass vines. In two cases, the CC-HAs were worn from infancy. With ingenuity and appropriate educational and medical support, it is possible to wear CC-HAs from infancy.
对49名在小学毕业前开始佩戴软骨传导助听器（CC-HA）的儿童（17名双侧听力损失儿童和32名单侧听力损失儿童）进行了随访和检查。评估了CC-HA的佩戴和使用情况及其到目前为止的进展。此外，对33名购买了CC-HA的参与者进行了访谈，以评估佩戴效果。17名双侧听力损失儿童中有11名，32名单侧听力损失儿童中有25名继续使用CC-HA。在佩戴效果方面，即使是单侧听力损失者也报告了良好的佩戴效果。在过去使用粘贴或耳塞难以稳定佩戴CC-HA的情况下，可以使用市售的发带和眼镜架将其稳定固定。在两例中，CC-HA从婴儿期就开始佩戴。通过巧妙的方法以及适当的教育和医疗支持，从婴儿期就有可能佩戴CC-HA。
