Bone anchored hearing aid wearers with significant sensorineural hearing losses (borderline candidates): patients' results and opinions
| Autor: | D. W. Proops, S. H. Hartland |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Hearing Loss Sensorineural medicine.medical_treatment Audiology Prosthesis Hearing Aids Bone conduction Osseointegration medicine Humans Child Ear discharge Aged Rehabilitation business.industry Patient Selection Temporal Bone Bone-anchored hearing aid Mean age General Medicine Middle Aged Treatment Outcome Otorhinolaryngology business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 110:41-46 |
| ISSN: | 1748-5460 0022-2151 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0022215100136266 |
| Popis: | Bone anchored hearing aids (BAHA) have been implanted in Birmingham since 1988. Since this time confidence has grown in the fitting and rehabilitation of BAHA wearers, with a corresponding increase in the implantation and rehabilitation of more difficult and borderline candidates.This study analyses the results of 16 borderline BAHA candidates who have been assessed and fitted with a BAHA at Birmingham Children's Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and who have had at least one post-fitting review. All of these subjects had mean bone conduction (BC) thresholds, in the better hearing ear, in excess of 45 dBHL in the frequency range 0.5–4 kHz, when initially assessed. The age range at the time of the study was 10–84 years, with a mean age of 60 years. The study demonstrates the benefits that these patients achieved with the BAHA compared to their previous aid, both audiologically and in terms of comfort and reduction in ear discharge. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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