08 May 2025 : Clinical Research
The Ponto Bone-Anchored Hearing System – Benefits Following Radical Mastoidectomy
Piotr H. Skarżyński
ABDF 1,2*, Anna Ratuszniak ABCDEF 3, Anita Obrycka ABCE 4, Artur Lorens ABCD 4, Henryk Skarżyński ABF 3
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.946944
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e946944
Table 2 Results of PROMs.
| Mean | SD | t | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global score | ||||
| Unaided | 66.91 | 17.03 | −11.36 | 0.000000001 |
| Ponto | 22.95 | 11.83 | ||
| Ease of communication | ||||
| Unaided | 66.11 | 21.80 | −9.95 | 0.00000001 |
| Ponto | 15.63 | 11.38 | ||
| Background noise | ||||
| Unaided | 69.74 | 18.95 | −11.38 | 0.000000001 |
| Ponto | 25.58 | 15.11 | ||
| Reverberation | ||||
| Unaided | 64.89 | 16.08 | −8.60 | 0.0000001 |
| Ponto | 27.63 | 13.95 | ||
| Aversiveness | ||||
| Unaided | 21.00 | 16.47 | 6.07 | 0.00001 |
| Ponto | 55.89 | 29.26 | ||
| Total score | ||||
| Unaided | 3.05 | 1.84 | 9.98 | 0.00000001 |
| Ponto | 7.28 | 1.74 | ||
| Speech hearing | ||||
| Unaided | 2.70 | 1.90 | 9.55 | 0.00000001 |
| Ponto | 6.96 | 1.68 | ||
| Spatial hearing | ||||
| Unaided | 3.38 | 2.28 | 7.99 | 0.0000002 |
| Ponto | 7.42 | 2.31 | ||
| Qualities of hearing | ||||
| Unaided | 3.21 | 1.94 | 9.75 | 0.00000001 |
| Ponto | 7.60 | 1.81 | ||