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Patients and Methods : In a retrospective series, we analyzed the charts of SSD patients operated on for VS from β, checking which type of hearing rehabilitation was chosen. All patients who wanted a hearing restoration underwent a hearing in noise test HINT in a stereo auditorium with and without a bone-anchored hearing device BAHD worn with a headband on the deaf side.
Then, they had a preimplantation one-month trial with the BAHD at home vs. Only one BAHD patient required a device explantation for skin complications, but then asked for reimplantation. Two patients only occasionally used their BAHD with a headband. HAs are preferred when contralateral hearing is altered but are not always worn.
Keywords: vestibular schwannoma, single-sided deafness, bone-anchored hearing aid, contralateral routing of signal CROS hearing aid, hearing in noise test HINT. Trends in the management of vestibular schwannomas VS have shifted over the last two decades from total removal regardless of the functional result to functional preservation [ 1 ].
While postoperative facial nerve function is the main concern of patients scheduled for surgical removal of VS, postoperative hearing is increasingly considered [ 2 , 3 , 4 ].
