title: The rehabilitation of conductive hearing impairment.
abstract: Conductive hearing loss (CHL) usually is amenable to surgical correction. At times, patients with CHL may not be candidates for surgical correction, or they may refuse to undergo the procedure. In such a situation, the patient should be encouraged to try hearing aids, either conventional or bone conduction, depending on the pathologic condition. After a discussion of bone-conduction implantable hearing aids, the article discusses congenital aural atresia, otosclerosis, and the management of CHL after infratemporal fossa approach and transtemporal approaches.
authors.affiliation: Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Fetterman
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Luxford
mesh_terms: D001705:Bioprosthesis; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation