A new transcutaneous bone anchored hearing device - the Baha® Attract System: the first experience in Turkey.
OBJECTIVE
In this study, we reported our experience with a new transcutaneous bone conduction hearing device, the Baha® Attract System.


METHODS
This multi-center clinical study included the first 12 patients (8 females, 4 males; mean age 27.6 years; range 5 to 65 years) in whom a new transcutaneous bone conduction system was implanted in Turkey.


RESULTS
The mean air-bone gap was 41 dB. Bone smoothing around the implant was needed in five patients. We placed a sound processor in the fourth postoperative week for all patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Our study results suggest that the new bone conduction implant is promising for the patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss who are unable to wear conventional air conduction hearing aid and comparable to percutaneous systems.
Department of Otolaryngology, Medical Faculty of Kocaeli University, 41380 Umuttepe, Kocaeli, Turkey. mete.iseri@gmail.com.
Mete
M
Işeri
Kadir Serkan
KS
Orhan
Ahmet
A
Kara
Merve
M
Durgut
Murat
M
Oztürk
Murat
M
Topdağ
Sebla
S
Calışkan
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016348:Osseointegration; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult