Patient satisfaction with the
bone-anchored hearing aid: a 14-year experience.
She had had a left percutaneous,
bone-anchored hearing aid placed 4 years before visiting the authors.
The
bone-anchored hearing aid: Principal design and audiometric results.
"Since its introduction more than 30 years ago, the
bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) has become an established treatment option for auditory rehabilitation in patients with chronic conductive or mixed hearing loss," the authors write as background information in the article.
Tommy, a pupil at Hemlington Hall Primary, was born with no outer ears or canals, yet the inner parts were perfectly formed, so in 2003, to aid his communication, he underwent a
bone-anchored hearing aid operation where a metal plate was fixed to his skull and a hearing device clipped to the outside of his head.
But last year her life was transformed when she was fitted with a
bone-anchored hearing aid which was implanted in an operation at Selly Oak Hospital.
Los Angeles --
Bone-anchored hearing aid implantation may be better performed in two stages in children to reduce postoperative complications, a retrospective study suggests.
A
bone-anchored hearing aid has been attached behind her left ear, improving her hearing 100 per cent.
And a special
bone-anchored hearing aid is attached behind her left ear which has improved her hearing dramatically.
An implant for a
bone-anchored hearing aid, if needed, can be inserted during the same operation.
Rafaela will return to England when she is about 17 for more surgery when she'll receive a
bone-anchored hearing aid and larger ears which will be permanently screwed on to her head.
Bilateral
bone-anchored hearing aid application in children: The Nijmegen experience from 1996 to 2008.