title: [Hearing implants].
abstract: In the Netherlands, more than 1.5 million people suffer from sensorineural hearing loss or deafness. However, fitting conventional hearing aids does not provide a solution for everyone. In recent decades, developments in medical technology have produced implantable and other devices that restore both sensorineural and conductive hearing losses. These hearing devices can be categorized into bone conductive devices, implantable middle ear prostheses, cochlear implants and auditory brainstem implants. Furthermore, new implants aimed at treating tinnitus and loss of vestibular function have recently been developed.
authors.affiliation: Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd. Keel-, Neus - Oorheelkunde, Maastricht.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stokroos
authors.forename: Erwin L J
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D038262:Auditory Brain Stem Implants; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000628:therapy*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D019736:Prostheses and Implants