Osseo-integration in Paget’s disease: the bone-anchored hearing aid in the rehabilitation of Pagetic deafness

Autor: Uppal, Harpreet S., D’Souza, Alwyn R., Proops, David W.
Zdroj: Journal of Laryngology & Otology; November 2001, Vol. 115 Issue: 11 p903-906, 4p
Abstrakt: The first report of a patient with gross Paget’s disease and progressive hearing loss who successfully underwent hearing rehabilitation with an osseo-integrated hearing aid is presented. The otological manifestations of Paget’s disease and the principles of osseo-integration are discussed. The use of a bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) in selected patients with Paget’s disease can provide useful amplification and hearing rehabilitation.
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