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Quality Of Life and Audiological Results of Patients with Bone Anchored Hearing Aid

KEMİĞE İMPLANTE İŞİTME CİHAZI KULLANAN HASTALARDA YAŞAM KALİTESİ VE İŞİTME SONUÇLARIMIZ

Karahan Kara(SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ADANA ŞEHİR SAĞLIK UYGULAMA VE ARAŞTIRMA MERKEZİ, CERRAHİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, KULAK-BURUN-BOĞAZ HASTALIKLARI ANABİLİM DALI)0000-0002-5424-3548
Özgür Tarkan0000-0002-0689-6632
Pages
265–272
Publication Date
2026-06-30
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It has positive effect on quality of life.

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Objective & Hypothesis:) Objective: Conductive hearing loss effects quality of life in adults and children.
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Key Findings & Data:Material and Method: Patients rehabilitated with BAHA for conductive or mixed type hearing loss in Cukurova University between 2005 and 2013 were included in the study.
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Conclusion & Impact:It has positive effect on quality of life.
🔬Design:Araştırma Makalesi
📍Scope:2005 Verileri
⚙️Variables:Kemiğe implante işitme cihazı · Yaşam kalitesi · Odyolojik sonuçlar

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) Objective: Conductive hearing loss effects quality of life in adults and children. BAHA is a treatment option. The aim of this study is to determine the audiological success and quality of life impact of BAHA in patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss. Material and Method: Patients rehabilitated with BAHA for conductive or mixed type hearing loss in Cukurova University between 2005 and 2013 were included in the study. The etiology was chronic suppurative otitis media or external auditory canal atresia. The sum of the patients was 23. Pure tone audiometry and free field audiometry were used for audiological evaluation. Functional gain was calculated by extraction of postoperative hearing threshold from preoperative air threshold. Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI) and International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids Turkish Version (IOI-HA-TR) were used for quality of life evaluation. Results: The sum of the patients was 23. Functional gain of patients with bone anchored hearing aid was 31,3 dB at 500 Hz. 45,5 dB at 1000 Hz, 44,5 dB at 2000 Hz and 44,3 dB at 4000. GBI score of adults with BAHA was 37.6. GBI score of children with BAHA was 41.6. IOI-HA-TR results were 25.22 in patients with BAHA. Two patients had (8,7 %) had osseointegration problem. Conclusion: BAHA is effective in rehabilitation of conductive hearing loss. It has positive effect on quality of life.

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Amaç: İletim tipi işitme kaybı yaşam kalitesini önemli ölçüde düşüren bir problemdir. Hastaların işitme rehabilitasyonunda konvansiyonel işitme cihazları, orta kulak operasyonları ve kemiğe implante işitme cihazları (KİİC) kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada KİİC ve softbandın yaşam kalitesi üzerine etkisi, odyolojik sonuçları ve komplikasyonların belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmamızda Çukurova Üniversitesi Ocak 2005 ve Eylül 2013 arasında iletim veya miks tip işitme kaybı sebebiyle KİİC tatbik edilen veya softband cihaz kullanan hastalar araştırmaya alındı. Çalışmada herhangi bir çıkarma kriteri kullanılmadı. Hastaların odyolojik sonuçları, saf ses odyometri ile sonrasında ise serbest alan odyometri ile belirlendi. Hastaların fonksiyonel kazançları cihaz öncesi hava yolu işitme eşiklerinden, cihazlı işitme eşiklerinin çıkarılması ile hesaplandı. Hasta memnuniyetini ölçmek amacıyla Uluslararası İşitme Cihazları Değerlendirme Envanteri Türkçe Versiyonu (IOI-HA-TR) ve Glasgow Erişkin ve Çocuk Değerlendirme Testleri (GDT) kullanıldı. Bulgular: Toplam hasta sayısı 34 olarak saptandı. Bu hastaların 23 tanesinde KİİC tatbiki yapılırken, kalan 11 hastada softband cihaz kullanıldı. Kemiğe implante işitme cihazı kullanan hastaların fonksiyonel kazançları 500 Hz’de 31,3 dB, 1000 Hz’de 45,5 dB, 2000 Hz’de 44,5 dB, 4000 Hz’de preop 44,3 dB olarak bulunmuştur. KİİC kullanan erişkin hastaların GDT skorları toplamda 27,6 olarak bulundu. Pediatrik grupta ise toplamda 41,6 bulundu. IOI-HA-TR skorları ise KİİC kullanan hastalarda 25,22, softband kullananlarda ise 26,45 olarak bulundu. KİİC kullanan 2 hastada (% 8,7) osseointegrasyon problemi görülürken, 11 hastada (% 47,8) hafif-orta derecede cilt reaksiyonları gözlendi. Sonuç: Kemiğe implante işitme cihazı, iletim tipi işitme kaybında etkin bir terapi yöntemidir. Odyolojik başarısı yanında, yaşam kalitesine de olumlu katkısı mevcuttur.

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Kara, K., Tarkan, Ö. (2026). Quality Of Life and Audiological Results of Patients with Bone Anchored Hearing Aid. Çukurova Anestezi ve Cerrahi Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2, 265–272. https://doi.org/10.36516/jocass.1841964

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