Effects of SoundBite Bone Conduction Hearing Aids on Speech Recognition and Quality of Life in Patients with Single-Sided Deafness
Objectives. To analyze the clinical application of SoundBite bone conduction hearing aids by assessing the improvement of speech recognition and the scores of the benefit scale questionnaire for patients with single-sided deafness (SSD). Design. Nine patients aged 24 to 61 years with SSD for more th...
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| description | Objectives. To analyze the clinical application of SoundBite bone conduction hearing aids by assessing the improvement of speech recognition and the scores of the benefit scale questionnaire for patients with single-sided deafness (SSD). Design. Nine patients aged 24 to 61 years with SSD for more than 3 months were enrolled in this study. The patients could understand and repeat Mandarin and have good compliance with the study. The measurements were evaluated before and after one month of wearing hearing aids using the pure tone audiometry threshold, speech recognition in quiet and in noise, and the Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI) benefit scale score. Results. Pure tone audiometry results showed that the average hearing threshold of good ears and bad ears was 11.4±2.6 dB HL and 89.9±6.4 dB HL, respectively. The average hearing threshold of bad ears after wearing hearing aids was 23.5±9.0 dB HL. Statistical analysis showed that the hearing improvement for the bad ears after wearing hearing aids was significant. The speech audiometry results showed that the disyllable word recognition score of the bad ears in quiet increased significantly at 50 dB SPL by 40±12 percentage points and at 65 dB SPL by 71±15 percentage points. As for the speech recognition in noise, when the signal sound came from the bad ear side and the noise from the good ear side (SSSDNAH), the speech recognition score (SRS) significantly increased by 17±6 and 9±4 at a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of -2 dB and -5 dB, respectively, after wearing the hearing aids. When the signal sound came from the front of the patient and the noise from the bad ear side (S0NSSD), the SRS scores were reduced by 5±5 and 7±5 percentage points at SNR equal to -2 dB and -5 dB, which was significantly different from that before wearing the hearing aids. When the signal and noise both came from the front of the patients (S0N0), the SRS was not significantly increased by 5±4 percentage points at SNR equal to -2 dB compared to before wearing hearing aids. However, the SRS was significantly increased by 5±2 percentage points at SNR equal to -5 dB compared to before wearing hearing aids. The average total GBI score was 31±12 for the nine patients, with an average score of 32±10, 31±8, and 30±7 for general conditions, social support, and physical health, respectively. The results of the questionnaires showed that patients’ quality of life was improved after wearing SoundBite bone conduction hearing aids. Conclusions. SoundBite bone conduction hearing aids are a good choice for patients with SSD, as it could improve the speech recognition ability of patients both in a quiet and noisy environment and improves the quality of life after wearing hearing aids. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e2b694d473064d40a96f7a51aa586e892025-08-20T02:21:14ZengWileyNeural Plasticity2090-59041687-54432020-01-01202010.1155/2020/41069494106949Effects of SoundBite Bone Conduction Hearing Aids on Speech Recognition and Quality of Life in Patients with Single-Sided DeafnessQiong Luo0Ying Shen1Ting Chen2Zhong Zheng3Haibo Shi4Yanmei Feng5Zhengnong Chen6Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, ChinaDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai, ChinaObjectives. To analyze the clinical application of SoundBite bone conduction hearing aids by assessing the improvement of speech recognition and the scores of the benefit scale questionnaire for patients with single-sided deafness (SSD). Design. Nine patients aged 24 to 61 years with SSD for more than 3 months were enrolled in this study. The patients could understand and repeat Mandarin and have good compliance with the study. The measurements were evaluated before and after one month of wearing hearing aids using the pure tone audiometry threshold, speech recognition in quiet and in noise, and the Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI) benefit scale score. Results. Pure tone audiometry results showed that the average hearing threshold of good ears and bad ears was 11.4±2.6 dB HL and 89.9±6.4 dB HL, respectively. The average hearing threshold of bad ears after wearing hearing aids was 23.5±9.0 dB HL. Statistical analysis showed that the hearing improvement for the bad ears after wearing hearing aids was significant. The speech audiometry results showed that the disyllable word recognition score of the bad ears in quiet increased significantly at 50 dB SPL by 40±12 percentage points and at 65 dB SPL by 71±15 percentage points. As for the speech recognition in noise, when the signal sound came from the bad ear side and the noise from the good ear side (SSSDNAH), the speech recognition score (SRS) significantly increased by 17±6 and 9±4 at a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of -2 dB and -5 dB, respectively, after wearing the hearing aids. When the signal sound came from the front of the patient and the noise from the bad ear side (S0NSSD), the SRS scores were reduced by 5±5 and 7±5 percentage points at SNR equal to -2 dB and -5 dB, which was significantly different from that before wearing the hearing aids. When the signal and noise both came from the front of the patients (S0N0), the SRS was not significantly increased by 5±4 percentage points at SNR equal to -2 dB compared to before wearing hearing aids. However, the SRS was significantly increased by 5±2 percentage points at SNR equal to -5 dB compared to before wearing hearing aids. The average total GBI score was 31±12 for the nine patients, with an average score of 32±10, 31±8, and 30±7 for general conditions, social support, and physical health, respectively. The results of the questionnaires showed that patients’ quality of life was improved after wearing SoundBite bone conduction hearing aids. Conclusions. SoundBite bone conduction hearing aids are a good choice for patients with SSD, as it could improve the speech recognition ability of patients both in a quiet and noisy environment and improves the quality of life after wearing hearing aids.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4106949 |
| spellingShingle | Qiong Luo Ying Shen Ting Chen Zhong Zheng Haibo Shi Yanmei Feng Zhengnong Chen Effects of SoundBite Bone Conduction Hearing Aids on Speech Recognition and Quality of Life in Patients with Single-Sided Deafness Neural Plasticity |
| title | Effects of SoundBite Bone Conduction Hearing Aids on Speech Recognition and Quality of Life in Patients with Single-Sided Deafness |
| title_full | Effects of SoundBite Bone Conduction Hearing Aids on Speech Recognition and Quality of Life in Patients with Single-Sided Deafness |
| title_fullStr | Effects of SoundBite Bone Conduction Hearing Aids on Speech Recognition and Quality of Life in Patients with Single-Sided Deafness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of SoundBite Bone Conduction Hearing Aids on Speech Recognition and Quality of Life in Patients with Single-Sided Deafness |
| title_short | Effects of SoundBite Bone Conduction Hearing Aids on Speech Recognition and Quality of Life in Patients with Single-Sided Deafness |
| title_sort | effects of soundbite bone conduction hearing aids on speech recognition and quality of life in patients with single sided deafness |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4106949 |
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