Does analysis of the long-term hearing result after the surgical repair of aural atresia?
Nonrevision cases and cases with mild microtia appear to have acceptable and stable long-term hearing results. Disappointing long-term hearing results in revision, and severe microtia cases should lead to considerations of alternative options in these cases, such as bone-anchored hearing aids, which offer reliable and stable results.
The findings in this family support the concept that some mutated FZD4 alleles can be associated with recessive rather than dominant disease.