Options/Opciones

Anise wearing her Softband BAHA at 6 months

For Atresia, options.

1. Have her wear a Softband BAHA (bone anchored hearing aid), it goes on a band around her head and sits on her skull, for the 1st 5 years of her life, and then have it surgically implanted---We decided that for the sake of her development she needed to be aided through a Softband BAHA, until we decided or knew what our options would be (we would have to wait...patience).

2. Atresia Repair. The only way to know if she was a candidate was to have a CT Scan, and the earliest she could have a CT Scan would be at age 2 1/2. Child needs to be big enough for the inner and middle ear to show up.

Anise-Microtia Right side-32 months

                           



For Microtia, options.

 

1. MEDPOR® Ear Reconstruction: A synthetic material is used as a framework that is covered by the body's own tissue.

2. Rib Cartilage Ear Reconstruction: Uses the patient's rib cartilage to create an ear that is covered by the body's own tissue

3. Silicone Prosthetic Ear: Sculpting an artificial "plastic ear" that attaches to the body either with an adhesive glue or with a device that is surgically implanted into bone (called an osseointegrated implant)

4. Do nothing.