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Unusual complication following trauma to a bone-anchored hearing aid: case report and literature review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2008

A-L McDermott ,
J Barraclough  and
A P Reid
A-L McDermott*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Princess of Wales Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
J Barraclough
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Princess of Wales Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
A P Reid
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Princess of Wales Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Miss Ann-Louise McDermott, Department of Otolaryngology, The Princess of Wales Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK. E-mail: annlouisemcdermott@msn.com
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Abstract

Objective:

We report the second published case of a child with a serious traumatic injury involving the fixture and abutment of their bone-anchored hearing aid.

Method:

Case reports and review of the world literature concerning unusual complications following trauma to bone-anchored hearing aids.

Results:

A nine-year-old girl with Dubowitz syndrome sustained an intrusion injury of her bone-anchored hearing aid fixture and abutment following a fall. No other injury was sustained, and there was no neurological complication. The patient underwent immediate removal of the implant and subsequently made a full recovery. Such serious and unusual complications are fortunately very rare. On review of the literature, four cases of similar complications were identified. Only one involved a traumatic injury in a child.

Conclusion:

Provision of bone-anchored hearing aids involves many clinicians. All clinicians involved in this procedure must be aware of the need to monitor their patients carefully, and to remember that unusual and unexpected complications, although rare, do happen. The patient's need for care continues long after the surgery is complete.

Keywords

Hearing AidsImplants and ProsthesesTraumaComplications

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Clinical Records
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 123 , Issue 3 , March 2009 , pp. 348 - 350
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2008

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