Hearing Aid in Vestibular-Schwannoma-Related Hearing Loss: A Review
(1) Background: Several types of hearing aids are available for the rehabilitation of vestibular-schwannoma (VS)-related hearing loss. There is a lack of recently published papers regarding this theme. The aim of the present work is to organize current knowledge. (2) Methods: A review of the literat...
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| author | Valerio Maria Di Pasquale Fiasca Flavia Sorrentino Martina Conti Giulia De Lucia Patrizia Trevisi Cosimo de Filippis Elisabetta Zanoletti Davide Brotto |
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| description | (1) Background: Several types of hearing aids are available for the rehabilitation of vestibular-schwannoma (VS)-related hearing loss. There is a lack of recently published papers regarding this theme. The aim of the present work is to organize current knowledge. (2) Methods: A review of the literature regarding the topics “vestibular schwannoma”, “hearing loss”, and “hearing aid” was performed. Nineteen studies were thus considered. (3) Results: Conventional hearing aids, contralateral routing of signal (CROS) aids, bone anchored hearing aids (BAHA), and others are available options for hearing rehabilitation in VS patients. The speech discrimination score (SDS) is considered the best measure to assess candidacy for rehabilitation with hearing aids. The best hearing rehabilitative conditions in VS patients when using conventional hearing aid devices are a mild−moderate hearing loss degree with good word recognition (more than 50% SDS). CROS-Aid and BAHA are reported to be beneficial. CROS-Aid expands on the area of receiving hearing. BAHA aids use direct bone-conduction stimulation. Unfortunately, there are no available studies focused specifically on VS patients that compare CROS and BAHA technologies. (4) Conclusions: Hearing aids, CROS, and BAHA are viable options for rehabilitating hearing impairment in VS, but require an accurate case-by-case audiological evaluation for rehabilitating hearing impairment in VS. Further studies are needed to prove if what is currently known about similar hearing illnesses can be confirmed, particularly in the case of VS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84dd2227359447788404ebd8085763f32023-11-19T00:14:07ZengMDPI AGAudiology Research2039-43492023-08-0113462763510.3390/audiolres13040054Hearing Aid in Vestibular-Schwannoma-Related Hearing Loss: A ReviewValerio Maria Di Pasquale Fiasca0Flavia Sorrentino1Martina Conti2Giulia De Lucia3Patrizia Trevisi4Cosimo de Filippis5Elisabetta Zanoletti6Davide Brotto7Section of Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Via 5 Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, ItalySection of Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Via 5 Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, ItalySection of Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Via 5 Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, ItalySection of Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Via 5 Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, ItalySection of Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Via 5 Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, ItalyAudiology Unit, Department of Neuroscience DNS, University of Padova, 31100 Treviso, ItalySection of Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Via 5 Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, ItalySection of Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Via 5 Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy(1) Background: Several types of hearing aids are available for the rehabilitation of vestibular-schwannoma (VS)-related hearing loss. There is a lack of recently published papers regarding this theme. The aim of the present work is to organize current knowledge. (2) Methods: A review of the literature regarding the topics “vestibular schwannoma”, “hearing loss”, and “hearing aid” was performed. Nineteen studies were thus considered. (3) Results: Conventional hearing aids, contralateral routing of signal (CROS) aids, bone anchored hearing aids (BAHA), and others are available options for hearing rehabilitation in VS patients. The speech discrimination score (SDS) is considered the best measure to assess candidacy for rehabilitation with hearing aids. The best hearing rehabilitative conditions in VS patients when using conventional hearing aid devices are a mild−moderate hearing loss degree with good word recognition (more than 50% SDS). CROS-Aid and BAHA are reported to be beneficial. CROS-Aid expands on the area of receiving hearing. BAHA aids use direct bone-conduction stimulation. Unfortunately, there are no available studies focused specifically on VS patients that compare CROS and BAHA technologies. (4) Conclusions: Hearing aids, CROS, and BAHA are viable options for rehabilitating hearing impairment in VS, but require an accurate case-by-case audiological evaluation for rehabilitating hearing impairment in VS. Further studies are needed to prove if what is currently known about similar hearing illnesses can be confirmed, particularly in the case of VS.https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4349/13/4/54vestibular schwannomahearing losshearing rehabilitationhearing aidCROSBiCROS |
| spellingShingle | Valerio Maria Di Pasquale Fiasca Flavia Sorrentino Martina Conti Giulia De Lucia Patrizia Trevisi Cosimo de Filippis Elisabetta Zanoletti Davide Brotto Hearing Aid in Vestibular-Schwannoma-Related Hearing Loss: A Review Audiology Research vestibular schwannoma hearing loss hearing rehabilitation hearing aid CROS BiCROS |
| title | Hearing Aid in Vestibular-Schwannoma-Related Hearing Loss: A Review |
| title_full | Hearing Aid in Vestibular-Schwannoma-Related Hearing Loss: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Hearing Aid in Vestibular-Schwannoma-Related Hearing Loss: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hearing Aid in Vestibular-Schwannoma-Related Hearing Loss: A Review |
| title_short | Hearing Aid in Vestibular-Schwannoma-Related Hearing Loss: A Review |
| title_sort | hearing aid in vestibular schwannoma related hearing loss a review |
| topic | vestibular schwannoma hearing loss hearing rehabilitation hearing aid CROS BiCROS |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4349/13/4/54 |
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