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Audiogram Configuration, Molecular Etiology, and Outcome of Cochlear Implantation in Postlingual Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder

Authors
 Yehree Kim  ;  Jae Joon Han  ;  Jayoung Oh  ;  Jin Hee Han  ;  Min Young Kim  ;  Jinsei Jung  ;  Jae Young Choi  ;  Byung Yoon Choi 
Citation
 OTOLOGY & NEUROTOLOGY, Vol.44(7) : e471-e478, 2023-08 
Journal Title
OTOLOGY & NEUROTOLOGY
ISSN
 1531-7129 
Issue Date
2023-08
MeSH
Cochlear Implantation* ; Cochlear Implants* ; Deafness* / surgery ; Hearing Loss, Central* / genetics ; Hearing Loss, Central* / surgery ; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural* / genetics ; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural* / surgery ; Humans ; Molecular Conformation ; Speech Perception* / physiology
Abstract
Objective: To explore the diverse molecular etiologies of postlingual auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) and report on the electrically evoked compound action potential (ECAP) thresholds and the outcome of cochlear implantation (CI).

Methods: Patients with late-onset, progressive hearing loss who went through molecular genetic testing were enrolled. Type of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) was classified as flat, reverse-slope, midfrequency, downsloping, or ski slope. We identified postlingual ANSD subjects through diagnostic tracts applied differently depending on the degree of SNHL. For CI recipients, individual ECAP thresholds, postoperative speech perception abilities, and the genetic cause were analyzed.

Results: The detection rate of ANSD among patients with postlingual SNHL was 5.1% (15/293 probands). Diverse genetic etiologies were identified in 7 (46.6%) of the 15 postlingual ANSD subjects, the genetic cause being found exclusively in subjects with reverse-slope SNHL. The pattern of intraoperative ECAP responses was also diverse and showed some correlation with the genetic etiology. Despite the diverse molecular etiology and ECAP responses, CI in postlingual ANSD patients, including those with features involving the postsynaptic component, yielded significant improvements in speech understanding.

Conclusions: This study proposes a differentiated diagnostic approach that focuses on both poor speech discrimination and reverse-slope hearing loss for the diagnosis of ANSD. Based on the improvement of speech understanding from all cochlear implantees with ANSD as well as the correlation between the genetic etiology and ECAP thresholds, we suggest that CI can significantly benefit ANSD subjects even those with unknown etiologies unless there is overt peripheral neuropathy.
Full Text
https://journals.lww.com/otology-neurotology/fulltext/2023/08000/audiogram_configuration,_molecular_etiology,_and.13.aspx
DOI
10.1097/MAO.0000000000003915
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology (이비인후과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Jung, Jinsei(정진세) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1906-6969
Choi, Jae Young(최재영) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9493-3458
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/196437
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