Patient satisfaction and functional results with the bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA)

BAHA: Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid.

Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) has proven performance and advantages for patients with aural atresia or chronic ear drainage who cannot wear air-conduction hearing aids. The BAHA has both cosmetic and acoustic advantages over most conventional hearing aids and hence is becoming increasingly popular. Moreover, BAHA improves the quality of life and has also significantly reduces ear discharge. ...

Bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA): indications, functional results, and comparison with reconstructive surgery of the ear

INTRODUCTION  The bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) is a bone conduction hearing device that transmits sound directly into the inner ear. It is mainly used in patients with conductive hearing loss associated with aural atresia, but it is also used in those with mixed and sensorineural hearing loss. GOALS  To review the main indications for BAHA, to analyze the audiometric results and its benef...

Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA)

Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA). The bone anchored hearing aid or BAHA is a small vibrator that can be reversibly plugged onto a titanium screw that is implanted behind the ear. It transduces sound into vibration of the screw and stimulates the cochleae by means of the bone conduction pathway. The main indications are conductive hearing loss or mixed hearing loss with a moderate perceptive co...

Bone Anchored Hearing Aid

Horizontal plane localization in single-sided deaf adults fitted with a bone-anchored hearing aid (Baha).

OBJECTIVES : One purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the effect of a unilateral bone-anchored hearing aid (Baha) on horizontal plane localization performance in single-sided deaf adults who had either a conductive or sensorineural hearing loss in their impaired ear. The use of a 33-loudspeaker array allowed for a finer response measure than has previously been used to investigate loca...