Having a child with ear differences and hearing loss can be challenging.Learn about research at Seattle Children’s into microtia and craniofacial microsomia. Carrie Heike studies the DNA of people with microtia to learn about changes in genes that cause the condition. Seattle Children’s doctors and scientists are studying causes and effects of microtia and craniofacial microsomia (CFM).These include the most advanced hearing technology. Our Childhood Communication Center offers the most comprehensive range of pediatric hearing and speech services in the Pacific Northwest.Doing the procedures at the same time means less time in the hospital for your child overall and fewer procedures to recover from. If your child needs a bone-anchored hearing aid, often we place the implant at the same time we repair their outer ear.To hone our skills at shaping an ear, we practice before surgery on a 3D print replica of rib cartilage.After a minimally invasive procedure like this, your child is likely to heal faster with less pain and go home from the hospital sooner. When using rib cartilage, we make a much smaller cut over the rib cage than most centers use.More options mean the best outcome for your child.If your child’s microtia is part of a condition like craniofacial microsomia or Treacher Collins, our Craniofacial Center has 50 specialists in every field your child might need.Our Audiology team is expert in assessing hearing in babies, children, teens and young adults.
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From their earliest years, we work to realize your child’s full potential to hear and communicate.Kathleen Sie, chief of head and neck surgery, is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Two team members are board-certified in facial plastic surgery. All of our surgeons are board-certified in otolaryngology (head and neck surgery).Without a team like ours, children can end up having more surgeries than needed and miss opportunities to develop normal hearing and speech. We advise your family on all options and support you in making the best choices for your child.Seattle Children’s has the experts to rebuild your child’s outer ear, help them develop hearing and speech and treat any of the medical conditions that affect some children with microtia. We work with you to achieve the best outcome for your child.Each year, your child will see our otolaryngology and audiology specialists, often in the same visit. Our team of experts will care for your child from babyhood onward.We have more than 30 years of experience treating children with these conditions. Our Otolaryngology program is 1 of the few in the country to offer comprehensive treatment for microtia and aural atresia.With careful intraoperative dissection and regular follow-up, complications of surgery can be avoided. Also, postoperative frequent packing and regular follow-up are mandatory to avoid restenosis and infection of the newly created canal. To optimize the surgical outcome, careful audiological and radiological evaluation of the patient should be performed preoperatively. The repair is usually done at the age of 6 years, so children with bilateral atresia may need hearing amplification in the first few weeks of life until the age at surgery. The goals of atresia surgery are to restore functional hearing, preferably without the requirement of a hearing aid, and to reconstruct a patent, infection-free external auditory canal. Congenital aural atresia is considered one of the most difficult and challenging surgeries for the otologic surgeon. This malformation may be associated with other congenital anomalies it occurs as a result of abnormal development of the first and second branchial arches and the first branchial cleft and most often occurs sporadically, although the disease may be manifested in different syndromes. Congenital aural atresia is a spectrum of ear deformities present at birth that involves some degree of failure of the development of the external auditory canal.
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