[Implantable bone conduction hearing aids].
Conventional extern bone conduction hearing aids often cause retroauricular pain by compression of the skin, distortion is enhanced by the vibrational pattern and feedback can be a problem and, last but not least, do not fit into cosmetic schemes. We report about experiences with 2 different systems of partly implantable bone conduction hearing aids which were designed to overcome the technical, audiological and cosmetical problems of conventional bone conduction hearing aids. There is a transcutaneous and a percutaneous system discussed. Clinical experiences demonstrate that the percutaneous system is superior in both objective hearing gain and patient acceptance.
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Aus der Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik, Klinikums Schwerin, Deutschland.
D001844:Bone Conduction; D004867:Equipment Design; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013069:Speech Reception Threshold Test