一种辅助听力设备可以在动脉瘤下关节出血后改善听力
Ben Gaastra1,2, Stuart Whyte3, Bethan Hankin4
1Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
European journal of neurology
|February 9, 2024
概括
助听器 (ALD) 显著改善了神经瘤下关节出血 (aSAH) 后患者的听觉处理障碍 (APD). 这些设备为听力障碍提供了有希望的解决方案,提高了生活质量.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
- 康复医学 康复医学 康复医学
背景情况:
- 听力障碍,特别是听觉处理障碍 (APD),是动脉瘤下关节出血 (aSAH) 后的常见并发症.
- 助听器 (ALDs) 是APD的已知干预措施,但在aSAH人群中尚未进行评估.
研究的目的:
- 调查ALD在改善语音噪音感知方面对ASAH后听力困难的个体的有效性.
主要方法:
- 一个前性的单臂试点研究,涉及有自述听力问题的aSAH患者.
- 使用Bamford-Kowal-Bench (BKB) 测试在不同噪音水平 (60和65dB) 下,使用ALD和不使用ALD评估了语音在噪音中的能力.
- 认知功能使用阿登布鲁克的认知检查-III进行评估.
主要成果:
- 在60dB和65dB的噪声条件下,ALD显著提高了BKB测试性能 (p<0.001).
- 没有观察到认知状态与ALD产生的益处程度之间的相关性.
- 分析了14名自我报告听力损失的aSAH患者.
结论:
- 无论他们的认知功能如何,ALDs在aSAH患者的APD管理中提供了实质性的好处.
- 这些发现表明,ALD可以改善aSAH后听力缺陷患者的生活质量和就业前景.
- 需要进一步的研究来证实ALD在这个患者队列中的长期社区益处.
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