Clinical consensus document for fitting non-surgical transcutaneous bone conduction hearing devices to children

Marlene Bagatto; Dave Gordey; Lynne Brewster; Christine Brown; Michael Comeau; Charlotte Douglas; Rana El-Naji; Sheila Fortier; Alex Gascon; Jessica Godovin; Colleen Ittner; Meredith Magathan Haluschak; Laurie Mauro; Kari Morgenstein; Joy Peterson; Susan Scollie; Michael Scott; Annemarie Wollet

doi:10.1080/14992027.2021.1939449

Clinical consensus document for fitting non-surgical transcutaneous bone conduction hearing devices to children

Int J Audiol. 2022 Jul;61(7):531-538. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2021.1939449. Epub 2021 Jul 13.

Authors

Marlene Bagatto¹, Dave Gordey², Lynne Brewster³, Christine Brown⁴, Michael Comeau⁵, Charlotte Douglas⁶, Rana El-Naji¹, Sheila Fortier⁵, Alex Gascon⁷, Jessica Godovin⁸, Colleen Ittner⁹, Meredith Magathan Haluschak⁷, Laurie Mauro¹⁰, Kari Morgenstein¹¹, Joy Peterson¹⁰, Susan Scollie¹, Michael Scott¹², Annemarie Wollet¹²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, Canada.
² Center for Applied Audiology Research, Oticon A/S, Toronto, Canada.
³ Department of Audiology, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada.
⁴ H.A. Leeper Speech and Hearing Clinic, Western University, London, Canada.
⁵ Department of Audiology, IWK Hospital, Halifax, Canada.
⁶ Department of Audiology, Hear2Understand Audiology Services, Saskatoon, Canada.
⁷ Department of Audiology, Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine, Edmonton, Canada.
⁸ Department of Audiology, Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, USA.
⁹ Department of Audiology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Audiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA.
¹¹ Children's Hearing Program, University of Miami, Miami, USA.
¹² Department of Audiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, USA.

PMID: 34255984
DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2021.1939449

Abstract

This clinical consensus document addresses the assessment, selection, and fitting considerations for non-surgical bone conduction hearing devices (BCHD) for children under the age of 5 years identified as having unilateral or bilateral, permanent conductive or mixed hearing losses. Children with profound unilateral sensorineural hearing losses are not addressed. The document was developed based on evidence review and consensus by The Paediatric Bone Conduction Working Group, which is composed of audiologists from North America who have experience working with BCHDs in children. The document aims to provide clinical direction for an area of paediatric audiology practice that is under development and is therefore lacking in standard protocols or guidelines. This work may serve as a basis for future research and clinical contributions to support prospective paediatric audiology practices.

Keywords: Bone conduction hearing devices; atresia; children; conductive hearing loss; hearing aid fitting; mixed hearing loss; stenosis.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bone Conduction
Child
Child, Preschool
Consensus
Hearing Aids*
Hearing Loss, Conductive / diagnosis
Hearing Loss, Conductive / therapy
Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural*
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural*
Humans
Prospective Studies