The implantable hearing device for sensorineural hearing impairment. The Hough Ear Institute experience.
This article describes one group's experience in developing and implanting rare earth magnets for conductive hearing loss and also for sensorineural hearing loss. Success and failures from over a decade of work are highlighted.
Baker
R S
RS
Hough Ear Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Wood
M W
MW
Hough
J V
JV
D003054:Cochlear Implants; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants