Journal
JOURNAL OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY
Volume 127, Issue 12, Pages 1214-1221Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215113002144
Keywords
Hearing Aids; Hearing Loss; Osseointegration; Bonebridge
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- Med-El Hong Kong Asia Pacific Headquarters
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For over three decades, bone conduction hearing aids have been changing the lives of patients with impaired hearing. The size, appearance and fitting discomfort of early generations of bone conduction hearing aids made them unpopular. The advent of bone-anchored hearing aids in the 1970s offered patients improved sound quality and fitting comfort, due to the application of osseointegration. However, the issue of post-operative peri-abutment pin tract wound infection persisted. The Bonebridge system incorporates the first active bone conduction device, and aims to resolve peri-abutment issues. Implantation of this system in an Asian patient is presented.
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