Ricerc@Sapienza

Purpose: To evaluate the complication rate in adult subjects with open cavities, implanted with the Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) implant, using the round window (RW) vibroplasty procedure.
Methods: From 2010 to 2018, 21 adult subjects with mixed hearing loss, all with sequel from open tympanoplasty surgery, underwent RW vibroplasty. Surgical complications were recorded and a standard minimal approach was used as basis for all the cases that needed revision.

Background: The bone conductive implants (BCI) are nowadays a reliable alternative for rehabilitation of specific forms of hearing loss, i.e. conductive, mixed or single sided deafness (SSD). Aims/Objective: To analyse the various factors in play when considering an auditory rehabilitation with a bone-conductive device (BCI). Materials and Methods: The clinical charts of subjects who underwent BCI application at the same Implanting Center from 2005 to 2018 were retrieved analysing also the reason for eventual explantation and the alternative option (transition) for hearing rehabilitation.

Air–bone gaps (ABGs) are commonly found in patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss generally due to outer-and/or middle-ear diseases such as otitis externa, tympanic membrane perforation, interruption or fixation of the ossicular chain, and chronic suppurative otitis media. ABGs can also be found in correlation with inner-ear disorders, such as endolymphatic hydrops, enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome, semicircular canal dehiscence, gusher syndrome, cochlear dehiscence, and Paget disease’s as well cerebral vascular anomalies including dural arteriovenous fistula.

Purpose: To get evidence of failures of active middle ear implants (AMEI) within a consistent series of subjects treated at a single Implanting Center.