Active Bone Conduction Prosthesis: Bonebridge
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Bone conduction implants are indicated for patients with conductive and mixed hearing loss that do not benefit from conventional hearing aids or for those that cannot use them for anatomy abnormalities or medical conditions. These implants are also indicated for patients with single-sided deafness (SSD), which consists of one ear with profound hearing loss and the contralateral with normal hearing. Bonebridgés (MED-EL, Austria) transcutaneous technology avoids several complications of the percutaneous bone conduction implants including skin reaction, growth of skin over the abutment, implant extrusion, and wound infection. Audiological criteria for the Bonebridge include patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss with bone conduction thresholds up to 45 dB, as well as those with single-sided deafness (Contralateral ear
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Active Bone Conduction Prosthesis: BonebridgeTM
Introduction Bone conduction implants are indicated for patients with conductive and mixed hearing loss, as well as for patients with single-sided deafness (SSD). The transcutaneous technology avoids several complications of the percutaneous bone conduction implants including skin reaction, skin growth over the abutment, and wound infection. The Bonebridge (MED-EL, Austria) prosthesis is a semi...
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