title: Initial UK Experience With a Novel Magnetic Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Device.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess outcomes with a new transcutaneous bone conduction hearing aid.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients that underwent implantation with the transcutaneous bone conduction device between November 2013 and May 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hearing rehabilitation using the BAHA Attract.
  
  
  METHODS
  Quality of life measures using Glasgow benefit inventory (GBI) and clinically oriented scale of improvement (COSI). Audiological outcome using word discrimination score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ten patients were implanted. Significant improvement in GBI and COSI scores comparing preimplantation and postimplantation. An increase in word discrimination scores at 30 dBA, with an increase from 0% unaided to a mean of 50% with the magnetic transcutaneous bone conduction aid and at 50 dBA with an increase from a mean of 31.7% to 88.3%. However, the word discrimination score increase at 30, 50, and 60 dBA was not statistically significant (p = 0.25; Wilcoxon).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a high level of satisfaction with the device with significant increases in GBI and COSI scores in patients who were previously aided with an acoustic aid. The absence of daily skin hygiene appealed to patients.
authors.affiliation: *Departments of Otolaryngology and †Audiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, U.K.
authors.forename: Simon D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moraleda
authors.forename: Vicky
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Procter
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Jaydip
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ray
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001298:Audiology; D001844:Bone Conduction; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D046089:Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D046088:Hearing Loss, Unilateral / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D059346:Magnets; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult