title: Consensus statements on the BAHA system: where do we stand at present?
abstract: After more than 25 years of clinical experience, the BAHA (bone-anchored hearing aid) system is a well-established treatment for hearing-impaired patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss. Owing to its success, the use of the BAHA system has spread and the indications for application have gradually become broader. New indications, as well as clinical applications, were discussed during scientific roundtable meetings in 2004 by experts in the field, and the outcomes of these discussions are presented in the form of statements. The issues that were discussed concerned BAHA surgery, the fitting range of the BAHA system, the BAHA system compared to conventional devices, bilateral application, the BAHA system in children, the BAHA system in patients with single-sided deafness, and, finally, the BAHA system in patients with unilateral conductive hearing loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital St Radboud, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ad F M
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Snik
authors.forename: Emmanuel A M
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Mylanus
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Proops
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Wolfaardt
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Hodgetts
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Somers
authors.forename: John K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Niparko
authors.forename: Jack J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wazen
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sterkers
authors.forename: Cor W R J
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Cremers
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tjellström
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001844:Bone Conduction; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005060:Europe; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000191:economics; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000601:surgery; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000601:surgery*; D046089:Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural / Q000601:surgery*; D046088:Hearing Loss, Unilateral / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016348:Osseointegration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000191:economics; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting / Q000379:methods; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D014025:Titanium; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium