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The Oldenburger Sentence Test at S<jats:sub>0<\/jats:sub>N<jats:sub>0<\/jats:sub> revealed a decrease in signal-to-noise-ratio from \u2212 0.58 \u00b1 4.40 dB in the unaided to \u2212 5.67 \u00b1 3.21 dB in the postoperative aided condition for all patients investigated. 15 of 18 patients had a subjective benefit showing a positive SSQ-B score (mean 1.7).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The implantation of an active bone conduction device brings along subjective and functional benefit for patients with conductive or combined hearing loss.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00405-021-06938-8","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,26]],"date-time":"2021-06-26T08:02:36Z","timestamp":1624694556000},"page":"2345-2352","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Audiological results and subjective benefit of an active transcutaneous bone-conduction device in patients with congenital aural atresia"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"279","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4688-5321","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Veronika","family":"Volgger","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Inge Teresa","family":"Schie\u00dfler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joachim","family":"M\u00fcller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Florian","family":"Schr\u00f6tzlmair","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marlene","family":"Pollotzek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John Martin","family":"Hempel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,26]]},"reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"6938_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"727","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bjps.2009.01.020","volume":"62","author":"MP van Wijk","year":"2009","unstructured":"van Wijk MP, Breugem CC, Kon M (2009) Non-surgical correction of congenital deformities of the auricle: a systematic review of the literature. 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