OBJECTIVE: To assess the auditory outcome of paediatric bilateral cochlear implant in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional and descriptive study single centre analysis. Categories of Auditory Performance (CAP-II) scale and Speech, Spatial and Qualities (SSQ) of Hearing questionnaire were used.
RESULTS: Forty-six patients were recruited. Majority of the children (30.4%) rated 7 and 23.9% scored perfectly (9) based on the CAP-II Scale. The least performing children were rated 5 (average). Children that were implanted sequentially within 24 months showed median CAP-II scale of 7. No significant correlation seen between CAP-II and the duration interval, use and age of 1st CI (p > .05). The speech domain of SSQ-P scale showed median value of 8 indicating good speech understanding. The spatial hearing domain had median value of 7, quality of hearing domain had median of 8. Significant correlation seen in hearing in noise with the duration of use of CI (p
OBJECTIVE: To review surgical and audiological outcomes of COM patients that underwent CI.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective review of patients above 18 years old.
RESULTS: Ten patients with complete data were included. Patients were aged 24-69 years old. Tympanoplasty and mastoidectomy were performed before CI. Imaging was performed to rule out ossifications. Eight patients underwent a standard canal wall up with either cochleostomy or round window approach. One patient had additional canalplasty and tympanoplasty and another one had blind sac procedure respectively. Analysis of the hearing aided level with CI and hearing aid showed significant benefit provided by the CI (Z = 2.803, p = .005).
DISCUSSION: Creating a dry and safe ear is important prior to CI. Definite hearing improvement is seen in all our cases that helped them to become independent again in their daily life. Hearing aid usage pre-CI might not be important as the hearing aids may continue to cause discharging ears and the benefits of hearing aids in severe to profound hearing loss are very minimal.
CONCLUSIONS: Cochlear implant is safe and effective in COM patients.
OBJECTIVES: To obtain spectrum of upper airway pathology in DS children-prevalence, causes and management practices.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study of children with DS aged less than 18 years old with signs of UAO was conducted. Diagnosis of UAO, management and final outcome was observed and documented.
RESULTS: Ninety-one patients were recruited. 20 cases (22%) had significant noisy breathing which indicates the prevalence of upper airway pathology (p=.025). Laryngomalacia (34.5%) was the most common pathology, followed by paediatric SDB (24.1%), tracheal bronchus (17.2%), tracheal stenosis (6.9%), and tracheomalacia (6.9%). Seven cases (7.7%) presented with respiratory distress. 12 cases were managed conservatively, while eight cases required further investigations under general anaesthesia (GA) with/without surgical intervention. Six cases showed symptoms resolution within a week post-surgical intervention, and another case resolved after 30 days and one case resolved after 8 months of post-surgical intervention.
CONCLUSION AND SIGNIFICANCE: Early detection and high index of suspicion is required to diagnose and treat these anomalies timely.
Design: This is a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study. The questionnaire consists of three sub-domains - interaction, emotional well-being and support for the hearing-impaired child and the overall QoL -- and two open-ended questions for participants to provide comments and suggestions to enhance their family's QoL. A total of 63 questionnaires were e-mailed or mailed to families who met the inclusion criteria.
Setting: The study was conducted under the Center for Rehabilitation & Special Needs, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
Participants: A total of 79 parents and 23 siblings from 44 families of children with CI participated in this study.
Main outcome measures: The mean score for each of the sub-domain and the overall QoL for both subject groups were computed. The answers for the open-ended questions were listed and organized into themes.
Results: There were significant correlations between the overall QoL score and each of the test domains for the parents' group (p