Vibrant soundbridge implantation prior to auricular reconstruction with unilateral microtia-atresia.

Hidekane YoshimuraMasahiro TakahashiSatoshi IwasakiJun ShinagawaIkkei TakashimizuFumio NagaiTakatoshi YotsuyanagiShin-Ichi Usami

Published in: Clinical case reports (2021)

We presented the first successful application of VSB implantation prior to auriculoplasty, which can provide hearing improvement in safe conditions and open new strategies for earlier hearing rehabilitation in unilateral microtia-atresia children.

Keyphrases

hearing loss
young adults
minimally invasive