Open AccessBone Conduction Amplification in Children: Stimulation via a Percutaneous Abutment versus a Transcutaneous Softband
Author(s) -
Andrea L. Pittman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.577
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/aud.0000000000000710
Subject(s) - audiology , nonsense , bone conduction , task (project management) , abutment , speech perception , psychology , perception , speech recognition , medicine , computer science , engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , civil engineering , systems engineering , neuroscience , gene
Research suggests that the speech perception of children using bone conduction amplification improves if the device is coupled to an implanted abutment rather than to a softband. The purpose of the present study was to determine if the benefit of direct stimulation via an abutment is limited to small improvements in speech perception or if similar or greater benefits occur for other auditory tasks important for learning and communication.