[Bone anchored hearing aids (Audiant): long-term use].
This report concerns the long term utilisation of a bone anchored hearing aid system, Audiant, in a large district general hospital in England serving a population of 500,000. Earlier experience with some of these patients has been previously reported (6). All patients included in this series had been provided with conventional hearing aids but for various reasons, indicated in the text, had found them unsatisfactory. Efforts to overcome some of these difficulties led to the utilisation of the osteointegrated hearing aid. Patients regard it to have significant advantages over their previous hearing aids. Some who had previously used conventional bone conduction hearing aids, are now able to use an ear level processor. Of the eleven patients implanted, eight continue to use their bone-anchored hearing aids, two having had their implant for 6 years, three for 5 years and three for 2 years.
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Hull Royal Infirmary, Depart. of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Hull, Yorkshire, England.
D001299:Audiometry; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016348:Osseointegration; D016896:Treatment Outcome