title: The implantable hearing device for sensorineural hearing impairment. The Hough Ear Institute experience.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hough Ear Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Hough
mesh_terms: 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