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age. However, sensorineural hearing loss does occur in
younger individuals with OI and when it does it is char-
acteristically found in patients with type I OI. Patients
with type I OI are more likely to have hearing loss than
patients with type III or IV OI. Conductive hearing loss
in older patients with OI typically involves disruption
of the ossicular chain or fixation of the stapes footplate.
Stapes surgery can be undertaken in patients with OI
but outcomes are less favorable than reported in patients
without OI. Use of bone-anchored and implantable hear-
ing aids have been undertaken in patients with OI to
only a limited extent. Digital hearing aids are beneficial
for many patients with OI. While surgical implantation
of cochlear implants is more challenging in patients with
OI, successful outcomes have been reported.
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