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Participants were consistent, full-time unilateral Baha users with the Baha Compact bone-conduction amplifier coupled to the head via the Softband.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Interventions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The intervention was the Baha device coupled to the head via the Softband as a prerequisite to surgical implantation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Outcome Measure(s)<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The primary study outcome measures used aided and unaided soundfield audiometric thresholds to calculate functional gain. Audibility of the speech spectrum was verified by comparison with target aided thresholds.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Results revealed an improvement in soundfield thresholds with Baha amplification for the four octave frequencies. Means, standard deviations, and confidence intervals for aided and unaided thresholds are reported. Percentages of thresholds meeting target levels were significant at all frequencies, exceeding the 80% criterion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Benefit of the Baha in providing audibility of the speech spectrum for infants and children with bilateral congenital conductive hearing loss has been demonstrated, offering important and timely data supporting third-party reimbursement.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1597\/08-178","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,2,24]],"date-time":"2010-02-24T17:45:48Z","timestamp":1267033548000},"page":"56-65","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Verification of Speech Spectrum Audibility for Pediatric Baha Softband Users with Craniofacial Anomalies"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"48","author":[{"given":"Nannette","family":"Nicholson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences\/University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas"},{"name":"Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Arkansas Children's Hospital."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lisa","family":"Christensen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Arkansas Children's Hospital and University of Central Arkansas."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"John","family":"Dornhoffer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Otology\/Neurotology, College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Surgeon, Arkansas Children's Hospital."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Patti","family":"Martin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences\/University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Smith-Olinde","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences\/University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,1,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-08-178","unstructured":"American Academy of Audiology. 2003 pediatric amplification protocol. 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