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Sahwan M, Abdelsamad Y, Alasfoor F, Alfayez F, Binkhamis G, Nichani J. Cochlear implantation in children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder: an updated systematic review. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2024; 281:1149-1162. [PMID: 37638998 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-023-08194-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND The goal of managing auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is to restore the children's ability to discriminate auditory information. Children who are not making sufficient progress in speech comprehension, and speech and language development after receiving adequate auditory re/habilitation and/or acoustic amplification may be candidates for cochlear implantation (CI). Despite the growing number of published literature on CI outcomes in children with ANSD, the current evidence is primarily based on case reports or retrospective chart reviews some of which had a limited number of children. In addition, the outcomes of CI seem to vary between children with ANSD. Thus, compelling evidence is lacking. This updated systematic review evaluated the speech perception, language, and speech intelligibility outcomes of children with ANSD post-CI. METHODS An online bibliographic search was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and CENTRAL databases. We included both interventional and observational studies that assessed the outcomes of the CI in children with ANSD. RESULTS Thirty-three studies were included in this systematic review. Several tests were used to assess speech perception following CI in children with ANSD. The findings of this study revealed that children with ANSD had mean Categories of Auditory Performance scores ranging from 4.3 to 7 post-operatively, this result was better than the pre-operative scores which ranged between 0.4 to 2.5. Likewise, the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale, Phonetically Balanced Kindergarten, and multisyllabic lexical neighborhood test showed clinically relevant improvement after CI. The same findings were reported for language and speech intelligibility scores. One study investigated the quality of life/children satisfaction after CI and showed overall good satisfaction with the outcomes. CONCLUSIONS The present systematic review suggests that CI is a feasible and effective hearing rehabilitation modality for children with ANSD. REGISTRATION AND PROTOCOL PROSPERO ID: CRD42021279140.
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- Maryam Sahwan
- ENT Department, Government Hospitals, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
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- ENT Department, Government Hospitals, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
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- ENT Department, Government Hospitals, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
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- Communication and Swallowing Disorders Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Manchester Centre for Audiology & Deafness (ManCAD), Division of Human Communication, Development and Hearing, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
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Keintzel T, Raffelsberger T, Niederwanger L, Gundacker G, Rasse T. Systematic Literature Review and Early Benefit of Cochlear Implantation in Two Pediatric Auditory Neuropathy Cases. J Pers Med 2023; 13:jpm13050848. [PMID: 37241018 DOI: 10.3390/jpm13050848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Approximately 1 in 10 children with hearing loss is affected by auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD). People who have ANSD usually have great difficulty understanding speech or communicating. However, it is possible for these patients to have audiograms that may indicate profound hearing loss up to normal hearing. This disorder is prognosed with positive, intact or present otoacoustic emissions (OAE) and/or cochlear microphonics (CM) as well as abnormal or absent auditory brainstem responses (ABR). Treatment methods include conventional hearing aids as well as cochlear implants. Cochlear implants (CI) usually promise better speech understanding for ANSD patients. We performed a systematic literature review aiming to show what improvements can effectively be achieved with cochlear implants in children with ANSD and compare this with our experience with two cases of ANSD implanted at our clinic. The retrospective review of two young CI patients diagnosed with ANSD during infancy demonstrated improvements over time in speech development communicated by their parents.
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- Thomas Keintzel
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, 4600 Wels, Austria
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, 4600 Wels, Austria
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, 4600 Wels, Austria
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- Department Health and Rehabilitation Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, 1200 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, 4600 Wels, Austria
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Bo D, Huang Y, Wang B, Lu P, Chen WX, Xu ZM. Auditory and Speech Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation in Children With Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2023; 132:371-380. [PMID: 35499129 DOI: 10.1177/00034894221092201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this meta-analysis was to critically assess the effect of cochlear implantation on auditory and speech performance outcomes of children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD). MATERIAL AND METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted on PubMed, EMbase, and Web of Science. The outcomes included speech recognition score, Categories of Auditory Performance (CAP), Speech Intelligibility Rating (SIR) score, and open-set speech perception. Results were expressed as standardized mean difference (SMD) or risk ratio (RR) with a 95% confidence interval (95% CI). RESULTS A total of 15 studies was included in this meta-analysis. Pooled data showed that, there were no significant differences between ANSD and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) groups in terms of speech recognition score (SMD = 0.01, 95% CI: -0.45, 0.47; P = .959),CAP (SMD = 0.71, 95% CI: -0.13, 1.54; P = .098), SIR score (SMD = -0.09, 95% CI: -0.49, 0.32; P = .667), and open-set speech perception (RR = 0.85, 95% CI: 0.69, 1.05; P = .142). Sensitivity analysis by removing individual studies one at a time showed that the overall estimate and level of heterogeneity did not change substantially. CONCLUSION The current evidence suggested that children with ANSD who underwent cochlear implants achieved comparable effects in auditory and speech performance as children with non-ANSD SNHL.
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- Duan Bo
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Sun L, Lin Z, Zhang J, Shen J, Wang X, Yang J. Genetic etiological analysis of auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder by next-generation sequencing. Front Neurol 2022; 13:1026695. [PMID: 36570450 PMCID: PMC9772003 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1026695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Objective Auditory neuropathy spectrum disease (ANSD) is caused by both environmental and genetic causes and is defined by a failure in peripheral auditory neural transmission but normal outer hair cells function. To date, 13 genes identified as potentially causing ANSD have been documented. To study the etiology of ANSD, we collected 9 probands with ANSD diagnosed in the clinic and performed targeted next-generation sequencing. Methods Nine probands have been identified as ANSD based on the results of the ABR tests and DPOAE/CMs. Genomic DNA extracted from their peripheral blood was examined by next-generation sequencing (NGS) for a gene panel to identify any potential causal variations. For candidate pathogenic genes, we performed co-segregation among all family members of the pedigrees. Subsequently, using a mini-gene assay, we examined the function of a novel splice site mutant of OTOF. Results We analyzed nine cases of patients with ANSD with normal CMs/DPOAE and abnormal ABR, discovered three novel mutants of the OTOF gene that are known to cause ANSD, and six cases of other gene mutations including TBC1D24, LARS2, TIMM8A, MITF, and WFS1. Conclusion Our results extend the mutation spectrum of the OTOF gene and indicate that the genetic etiology of ANSD may be related to gene mutations of TBC1D24, LARS2, TIMM8A, MITF, and WFS1.
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- Lianhua Sun
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Ear Institute, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China,*Correspondence: Lianhua Sun
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Ear Institute, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Ear Institute, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Ear Institute, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Ear Institute, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Ear Institute, Shanghai, China,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China,Jun Yang
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Noritz G, Davidson L, Steingass K. Providing a Primary Care Medical Home for Children and Youth With Cerebral Palsy. Pediatrics 2022; 150:e2022060055. [PMID: 36404756 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-060055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disorder of childhood, with prevalence estimates ranging from 1.5 to 4 in 1000 live births. This clinical report seeks to provide primary care physicians with guidance to detect children with CP; collaborate with specialists in treating the patient; manage associated medical, developmental, and behavioral problems; and provide general medical care to their patients with CP.
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- Garey Noritz
- Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; and
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- The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; and
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Martins QP, Gindri BDFS, Valim CD, Ferreira L, Patatt FSA. Hearing and language development in children with brainstem implants: a systematic review. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2022; 88 Suppl 3:S225-S234. [PMID: 36088255 PMCID: PMC9760993 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2022.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To present scientific evidence, based on a systematic review of the literature, on the benefit of brainstem implants in auditory rehabilitation and language development in children. METHODS A systematic search was used to identify studies that contain information about the benefit of brainstem implants in the auditory rehabilitation and language development of children. The review was conducted based on a structured literature search, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) checklist. The search was carried out in the PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus databases, using the combination "Auditory brainstem implants" AND "Pediatric", without restriction of language, period, and location. The quality assessment of the articles was performed using the Study Quality Assessment Tools. RESULTS Regarding hearing, children with brainstem implants showed sound detection, access to most speech sounds, basic auditory perception skills, recognition of ambient sounds, recognition of some frequently used words and phrases, in addition to some closed-set word discrimination capability. Expressive and comprehensive language were identified in children using auditory brainstem implants, increasing significantly in the short and long terms in most cases; however, in some of the children, such skills remained stable. CONCLUSION The auditory brainstem implant can be considered an effective alternative for children with cochlear malformation and/or auditory nerve deficiency and for those who cannot benefit from cochlear implant surgery.
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- Quemile Pribs Martins
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Curso de Fonoaudiologia, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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Savenko IV, Garbaruk ES, Boboshko MY. [Auditory neuropathy and prematurity: modern view of the issue (literature review)]. Vestn Otorinolaringol 2022; 87:63-71. [PMID: 35818948 DOI: 10.17116/otorino20228703163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is a specific auditory disorder caused by dysfunction of periphery part of the auditory system, in which the function of the outer hair cells is preserved, but the afferent input at the cochlear level suffers due to the pathology of the inner hair cells, neurons of the spiral ganglion and/or the auditory nerve, as well as synaptic contact between them. As a result, a specific condition is formed, in which a patient's otoacoustic emissions and/or cochlear microphonics are present, auditory brainstem responses are abnormal or absent, the discrepancy between the hearing level and the electrophysiological data, poor speech perception which may not correlate with the hearing thresholds. ANSD is a multifactorial disease. One of the main risk factors is perinatal pathology and, in particular, prematurity. The possible factors associated with prematurity that provoke the onset of the disease, features of the pathogenesis, clinical and audiological peculiarities of ANSD in premature infants, contemporary approaches to the habilitation of such patients are discussed in the article. The necessity of an individual, patient-oriented approach to the treatment of premature infants with ANSD is substantiated; such an approach should be based both on the genesis of the disorder, taking into account possible points of lesion in the auditory system, and the developmental peculiarities of a premature baby considering the presence of concomitant diseases associated with prematurity. In the article attention is focused on the main directions of habilitation work with such children, including a multidisciplinary approach, regular careful monitoring of the auditory, speech and language skills, intensive psychological and speech therapist support, the choice of an adequate way of intervention and its improvement as necessary.
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- I V Savenko
- Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
- St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Mechnikov North-West State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Eder K, Polterauer D, Semmelbauer S, Schuster M, Rader T, Hoster E, Flatz W. Comparison of ABR and ASSR using narrow-band-chirp-stimuli in children with cochlear malformation and/or cochlear nerve hypoplasia suffering from severe/profound hearing loss. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 279:2845-2855. [PMID: 34318333 PMCID: PMC9072511 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-021-06990-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Objectives In pediatric audiology, objective techniques for hearing threshold estimation in infants and children with profound or severe hearing loss play a key role. Auditory brainstem responses (ABR) and auditory steady-state responses (ASSR) are available for frequency-dependent hearing threshold estimations and both techniques show strong correlations but sometimes with considerable differences. The aim of the study was to compare hearing threshold estimations in children with and without cochlear and cochlear nerve malformations. Methods Two groups with profound or severe hearing loss were retrospectively compared. In 20 ears (15 children) with malformation of the inner ear and/or cochlear nerve hypoplasia and a control group of 20 ears (11 children) without malformation, ABR were measured with the Interacoustics Eclipse EP25 ABR system® (Denmark) with narrow-band CE-chirps® at 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz and compared to ASSR at the same center frequencies under similar conditions. Results ABR and ASSR correlated significantly in both groups (r = 0.413 in malformation group, r = 0.82 in control group). The malformation group showed a significantly lower percentage of “equal” hearing threshold estimations than the control group. In detail, patients with isolated cochlear malformation did not differ significantly from the control group, whereas patients with cochlear nerve hypoplasia showed significantly greater differences. Conclusion ABR and ASSR should be used jointly in the diagnostic approach in children with suspected profound or severe hearing loss. A great difference in hearing threshold estimation between these techniques could hint at the involvement of cochlear nerve or cochlear nerve hypoplasia itself.
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- Katharina Eder
- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Roman AN, Runge CL. Update on Auditory Neuropathy/Dyssynchrony in Children. CURRENT OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY REPORTS 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s40136-020-00297-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorders: From Diagnosis to Treatment: Literature Review and Case Reports. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9041074. [PMID: 32290039 PMCID: PMC7230308 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9041074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) refers to a range of hearing impairments characterized by deteriorated speech perception, despite relatively preserved pure-tone detection thresholds. Affected individuals usually present with abnormal auditory brainstem responses (ABRs), but normal otoacoustic emissions (OAEs). These electrophysiological characteristics have led to the hypothesis that ANSD may be caused by various dysfunctions at the cochlear inner hair cell (IHC) and spiral ganglion neuron (SGN) levels, while the activity of outer hair cells (OHCs) is preserved, resulting in discrepancies between pure-tone and speech comprehension thresholds. The exact prevalence of ANSD remains unknown; clinical findings show a large variability among subjects with hearing impairment ranging from mild to profound hearing loss. A wide range of prenatal and postnatal etiologies have been proposed. The study of genetics and of the implicated sites of lesion correlated with clinical findings have also led to a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the various forms of ANSD, and may guide clinicians in better screening, assessment and treatment of ANSD patients. Besides OAEs and ABRs, audiological assessment includes stapedial reflex measurements, supraliminal psychoacoustic tests, electrocochleography (ECochG), auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) and cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs). Hearing aids are indicated in the treatment of ANSD with mild to moderate hearing loss, whereas cochlear implantation is the first choice of treatment in case of profound hearing loss, especially in case of IHC presynaptic disorders, or in case of poor auditory outcomes with conventional hearing aids.
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