Treffer: Effectiveness of the SoundBite Bone-conduction Device in Improving Audibility, Sound Localization, and Speech Recognition for Patients With Single-sided Deafness.
Title:
Effectiveness of the SoundBite Bone-conduction Device in Improving Audibility, Sound Localization, and Speech Recognition for Patients With Single-sided Deafness.
Authors:
Kou T; Medical School of Chinese PLA.; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing.; General Hospital of Central Theater Command, Wuhan, China., Shen W; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing., Li HZ; General Hospital of Central Theater Command, Wuhan, China., Li K; Medical School of Chinese PLA.; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing., Lu Q; Medical School of Chinese PLA.; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing., Guo X; Medical School of Chinese PLA.; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing., Deng W; General Hospital of Central Theater Command, Wuhan, China., Yang S; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing., Chen J; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing.
Source:
Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology [Otol Neurotol] 2025 Dec 01; Vol. 46 (10), pp. 1207-1213. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Oct 28.
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Language:
English
Journal Info:
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100961504 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1537-4505 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 15317129 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Otol Neurotol Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s):
Original Publication: Hagerstown, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2001-
MeSH Terms:
Bone Conduction*/physiology , Speech Perception*/physiology , Hearing Loss, Unilateral*/rehabilitation , Hearing Loss, Unilateral*/physiopathology , Sound Localization*/physiology , Hearing Aids*, Humans ; Female ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Adult ; Prospective Studies ; Aged ; Neuroma, Acoustic/surgery ; Auditory Threshold/physiology ; Treatment Outcome
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Litovsky RY, Moua K, Godar S, et al. Restoration of spatial hearing in adult cochlear implant users with single-sided deafness. Hear Res 2019;372:69–79.
Shapiro S, Kemper N, Jameson A, et al. Cochlear fibrosis after vestibular schwannoma resection via the middle cranial fossa approach. Audiol Neuro-otol 2022;27:243–8.
Popelka GR, Derebery J, Blevins NH, et al. Preliminary evaluation of a novel bone-conduction device for single-sided deafness. Otol Neurotol 2010;31:492–7.
Kumpik DP, King AJ. A review of the effects of unilateral hearing loss on spatial hearing. Hear Res 2019;372:17–28.
Noble W, Gatehouse S. Interaural asymmetry of hearing loss, Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) disabilities, and handicap. Int J Audiol 2004;43:100–14.
Hol MK, Kunst SJ, Snik AF, et al. Bone-anchored hearing aids in patients with acquired and congenital unilateral inner ear deafness (Baha CROS): clinical evaluation of 56 cases [J]. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2010;119:447–54.
Wazen JJ, Ghossaini SN, Spitzer JB, et al. Localization by unilateral BAHA users. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2005;132:928–32.
Newman CW, Sandridge SA, Wodzisz LM. Longitudinal benefit from and satisfaction with the Baha system for patients with acquired unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Otol Neurotol 2008;29:1123–31.
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Moore BC, Popelka GR. Preliminary comparison of bone-anchored hearing instruments and a dental device as treatments for unilateral hearing loss. Int J Audiol 2013;52:678–86.
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Miller R, Hujoel P, Murray M, et al. Safety of an intra-oral hearing device utilizing a split-mouth research design. J Clin Dent 2011;22:159–62.
Marx M, Mosnier I, Venail F, et al. Cochlear implantation and other treatments in single-sided deafness and asymmetric hearing loss: results of a national multicenter study including a randomized controlled trial. Audiol Neuro-otol 2021;26:414–24.
Hassepass F, Arndt S, Aschendorff A, et al. Cochlear implantation for hearing rehabilitation in single-sided deafness after translabyrinthine vestibular schwannoma surgery. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2016;273:2373–83.
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Bouček J, Vokřál J, Černý L, et al. Baha implant as a hearing solution for single-sided deafness after retrosigmoid approach for the vestibular schwannoma: audiological results. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2017;274:133–41.
Salcher R, Zimmermann D, Giere T, et al. Audiological results in SSD with an active transcutaneous bone conduction implant at a retrosigmoidal position. Otol Neurotol 2017;38:642–7.
Laske RD, Röösli C, Pfiffner F, et al. Functional results and subjective benefit of a transcutaneous bone conduction device in patients with single-sided deafness. Otol Neurotol 2015;36:1151–6.
Siau RT, Dhillon B, Siau D, et al. Bone-anchored hearing aids in conductive and mixed hearing losses: why do patients reject them?. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2016;273:3117–22.
Snapp HA, Hoffer ME, Liu X, et al. Effectiveness in rehabilitation of current wireless CROS technology in experienced bone-anchored implant users. Otol Neurotol 2017;38:1397–404.
Choi JE, Ma SM, Park H, et al. A comparison between wireless CROS/BiCROS and soft-band BAHA for patients with unilateral hearing loss. PLoS One 2019;14:e0212503.
Niparko JK, Cox KM, Lustig LR. Comparison of the bone anchored hearing aid implantable hearing device with contralateral routing of offside signal amplification in the rehabilitation of unilateral deafness. Otol Neurotol 2003;24:73–8.
Lin LM, Bowditch S, Anderson MJ, et al. Amplification in the rehabilitation of unilateral deafness: speech in noise and directional hearing effects with bone-anchored hearing and contralateral routing of signal amplification. Otol Neurotol 2006;27:172–82.
Kirchmann M, Karnov K, Hansen S, et al. Ten-year follow-up on tumor growth and hearing in patients observed with an intracanalicular vestibular schwannoma. Neurosurgery 2017;80:49–56.
Meyer TA, Canty PA, Wilkinson EP, et al. Small acoustic neuromas: surgical outcomes versus observation or radiation. Otol Neurotol 2006;27:380–92.
Mazzoni A, Biroli F, Foresti C, et al. Hearing preservation surgery in acoustic neuroma. Slow progress and new strategies. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2011;31:76–84.
Jakob TF, Speck I, Rauch AK, et al. Bone-anchored hearing system, contralateral routing of signals hearing aid or cochlear implant: what is best in single-sided deafness?. Eur Arch Oto-Rhino-Laryngol 2022;279:149–58.
Litovsky RY, Moua K, Godar S, et al. Restoration of spatial hearing in adult cochlear implant users with single-sided deafness. Hear Res 2019;372:69–79.
Shapiro S, Kemper N, Jameson A, et al. Cochlear fibrosis after vestibular schwannoma resection via the middle cranial fossa approach. Audiol Neuro-otol 2022;27:243–8.
Popelka GR, Derebery J, Blevins NH, et al. Preliminary evaluation of a novel bone-conduction device for single-sided deafness. Otol Neurotol 2010;31:492–7.
Kumpik DP, King AJ. A review of the effects of unilateral hearing loss on spatial hearing. Hear Res 2019;372:17–28.
Noble W, Gatehouse S. Interaural asymmetry of hearing loss, Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) disabilities, and handicap. Int J Audiol 2004;43:100–14.
Hol MK, Kunst SJ, Snik AF, et al. Bone-anchored hearing aids in patients with acquired and congenital unilateral inner ear deafness (Baha CROS): clinical evaluation of 56 cases [J]. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2010;119:447–54.
Wazen JJ, Ghossaini SN, Spitzer JB, et al. Localization by unilateral BAHA users. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2005;132:928–32.
Newman CW, Sandridge SA, Wodzisz LM. Longitudinal benefit from and satisfaction with the Baha system for patients with acquired unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Otol Neurotol 2008;29:1123–31.
Grothe B, Pecka M, McAlpine D. Mechanisms of sound localization in mammals. Physiol Rev 2010;90:983–1012.
King AJ, Schnupp JW, Doubell TP. The shape of ears to come: dynamic coding of auditory space. Trends Cogn Sci 2001;5:261–70.
Blauert J, Butler RA. Spatial hearing: the psychophysics of human sound localization by Jens Blauert. J Acoust Soc Am 1997;77:334–5.
Moore B. An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing: Sixth Edition. The Netherlands: Brill. 2012.
Moore BC, Popelka GR. Preliminary comparison of bone-anchored hearing instruments and a dental device as treatments for unilateral hearing loss. Int J Audiol 2013;52:678–86.
Bronkhorst AW, Plomp R. The effect of head-induced interaural time and level differences on speech intelligibility in noise. J Acoust Soc Am 1988;83:1508–16.
Murray M, Miller R, Hujoel P, et al. Long-term safety and benefit of a new intraoral device for single-sided deafness. Otol Neurotol 2011;32:1262–9.
Miller R, Hujoel P, Murray M, et al. Safety of an intra-oral hearing device utilizing a split-mouth research design. J Clin Dent 2011;22:159–62.
Marx M, Mosnier I, Venail F, et al. Cochlear implantation and other treatments in single-sided deafness and asymmetric hearing loss: results of a national multicenter study including a randomized controlled trial. Audiol Neuro-otol 2021;26:414–24.
Hassepass F, Arndt S, Aschendorff A, et al. Cochlear implantation for hearing rehabilitation in single-sided deafness after translabyrinthine vestibular schwannoma surgery. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2016;273:2373–83.
Habib SH, Habib SS. Auditory brainstem response: an overview of neurophysiological implications and clinical applications—a narrative review. JPMA J Pak Med Assoc 2021;71:2230–6.
Bouček J, Vokřál J, Černý L, et al. Baha implant as a hearing solution for single-sided deafness after retrosigmoid approach for the vestibular schwannoma: audiological results. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2017;274:133–41.
Salcher R, Zimmermann D, Giere T, et al. Audiological results in SSD with an active transcutaneous bone conduction implant at a retrosigmoidal position. Otol Neurotol 2017;38:642–7.
Laske RD, Röösli C, Pfiffner F, et al. Functional results and subjective benefit of a transcutaneous bone conduction device in patients with single-sided deafness. Otol Neurotol 2015;36:1151–6.
Siau RT, Dhillon B, Siau D, et al. Bone-anchored hearing aids in conductive and mixed hearing losses: why do patients reject them?. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2016;273:3117–22.
Snapp HA, Hoffer ME, Liu X, et al. Effectiveness in rehabilitation of current wireless CROS technology in experienced bone-anchored implant users. Otol Neurotol 2017;38:1397–404.
Choi JE, Ma SM, Park H, et al. A comparison between wireless CROS/BiCROS and soft-band BAHA for patients with unilateral hearing loss. PLoS One 2019;14:e0212503.
Niparko JK, Cox KM, Lustig LR. Comparison of the bone anchored hearing aid implantable hearing device with contralateral routing of offside signal amplification in the rehabilitation of unilateral deafness. Otol Neurotol 2003;24:73–8.
Lin LM, Bowditch S, Anderson MJ, et al. Amplification in the rehabilitation of unilateral deafness: speech in noise and directional hearing effects with bone-anchored hearing and contralateral routing of signal amplification. Otol Neurotol 2006;27:172–82.
Contributed Indexing:
Keywords: Acoustic neuroma; Hearing reconstruction; Single-sided deafness; Sound localization; Speech recognition
Entry Date(s):
Date Created: 20251028 Date Completed: 20260105 Latest Revision: 20260105
Update Code:
20260105
DOI:
10.1097/MAO.0000000000004664
PMID:
41145389
Database:
MEDLINE
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Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the SoundBite bone-conduction device (referred to as SoundBite) in improving hearing thresholds, speech recognition, and sound localization for patients with single-sided deafness (SSD) after acoustic neuroma (AN) surgery.
Study Design: A controlled, nonrandomized, prospective, unblinded study of SSD patients.
Setting: Tertiary referral center.
Patients: Thirty-eight patients with AN who had SSD after surgery.
Intervention: Provision of SoundBite compared with no SoundBite.
Main Outcome Measures: Mean hearing thresholds in the affected ear, monosyllabic and bisyllabic word recognition in quiet, Speech Recognition Scores (SRS) in noise at signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of -5, 0, and 10 dB, and root-mean-square error (RMSE) of sound localization.
Results: SoundBite resulted in significant improvements in mean hearing thresholds for the affected ear (measured using headphones), and monosyllabic and bisyllabic word recognition rates in quiet ( P <0.001). SRS in noise improved by 25.9% (95% CI: 19.9%-31.9%, P <0.001) at 0 dB SNR and 28.5% (95% CI: 19.1%-37.8%, P <0.001) at -5 dB SNR. There was no significant effect at 10 dB SNR, because of ceiling effects. The RMSE of sound localization improved by 12.2 degrees (95% CI: 9.4-15 degrees, P <0.001) with the use of SoundBite. The improvement in RMSE was greater for patients with recent hearing loss than for those with long-term hearing loss (17.1 degrees±8.9 degrees vs. 8.6 degrees±6.2 degrees, P =0.01).
Conclusions: SoundBite is a viable option for hearing rehabilitation for this patient population. Provision soon after surgery may be most effective.
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The authors disclose no conflicts of interest.