Takaki K, Kashio A, Nozaki E, Kanai T, Kamogashira T, Saze F, Uranaka T, Urata S, Koyama H, Kawahara Y, Yamasoba T. A Randomized Crossover Study in Single-Sided Deafness Comparing a Cartilage Conduction CROS System and an Air-Conduction CROS System.
Otol Neurotol 2024;
45:635-642. [PMID:
38769110 DOI:
10.1097/mao.0000000000004199]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To investigate if cartilage conduction (CC) rerouting devices are noninferior to air-conduction (AC) rerouting devices for single-sided deafness (SSD) patients by measuring objective and subjective performance using speech-in-noise tests that resemble a realistic hearing environment, sound localization tests, and standardized questionnaires.
STUDY DESIGN
Prospective, single-subject randomized, crossover study.
SETTING
Anechoic room inside a university.
PATIENTS
Nine adults between 21 and 58 years of age with severe or profound unilateral sensorineural hearing loss.
INTERVENTIONS
Patients' baseline hearing was assessed; they then used both the cartilage conduction contralateral routing of signals device (CC-CROS) and an air-conduction CROS hearing aid (AC-CROS). Patients wore each device for 2 weeks in a randomly assigned order.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Three main outcome measures were 1) speech-in-noise tests, measuring speech reception thresholds; 2) proportion of correct sound localization responses; and 3) scores on the questionnaires, "Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit" (APHAB) and "Speech, Spatial, and Qualities of Hearing Scale" with 12 questions (SSQ-12).
RESULTS
Speech reception threshold improved significantly when noise was ambient, and speech was presented from the front or the poor-ear side with both CC-CROS and AC-CROS. When speech was delivered from the better-ear side, AC-CROS significantly improved performance, whereas CC-CROS had no significant effect. Both devices mainly worsened sound localization, whereas the APHAB and SSQ-12 scores showed benefits.
CONCLUSION
CC-CROS has noninferior hearing-in-noise performance except when the speech was presented to the better ear under ambient noise. Subjective measures showed that the patients realized the effectiveness of both devices.
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