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Speech and voice rehabilitation in selected patients fitted with a bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Julie Thomas
Julie Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
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Abstract

Within the Birmingham osseointegrated implant programme there have been several patients with severe pre-lingual conductive hearing loss. The majority of these have been patients with Treacher Collins syndrome.

There are characteristic features of speech and voice in those with long-standing conductive hearing loss. In addition, the associated abnormalities of jaw, teeth and palate may amplify the problem. There may be spontaneous improvement in features such as voice pitch, quality and intensity following the fitting of a BAHA. However, in those with a pre-lingual hearing impairment, speech therapy may be necessary. Patients assessed as suitable for BAHA have a full assessment of communication skills including audio recording of speech and voice. Post-operative training improves auditory discrimination and perception and is followed by training in the production of the newly perceived speech sounds.

Keywords

Hearing aids, bone anchoredRehabilitation, speech and language
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Supplement 21 , December 1996 , pp. 47 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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