BACKGROUND Collapsed ear canals typically occur when an outside force, such as a headset for audiometric testing, is present. However, when a collapsed ear canal occurs without external pressure, this creates a challenge not only for performing audiometric testing but also for coupling a hearing aid to the ear canal. PURPOSE This case report highlights the challenges associated with fitting a...

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Conventional external hearing aids can be generally subdivided into air-conduction hearing aids and bone-conduction hearing aids. Air-conduction hearing aids require the use of ear molds, which may be problematic in patients with chronic middle ear and ear canal infections, atresia of the external canal, or an ear canal that cannot accommodate an ear mold. Bone-conduction hearing aids function ...

Abstract Aim Percutaneous bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA) is an effective rehabilitation option. However, complications including granulation, skin overgrowth and infections may lead to revision surgeries. This study aim was assess the complication rate potential contributing factors leading Method Adult patients who underwent BAHA connect (Cochlear Corp) operations between 2016 2021 were incl...

in order to express his visionary experiences, baha-e-valad has innovated his own symbols and imagery. such illustrations of imagination may be interpreted as the product of his intuitive experiences of visits to the realm of ideas referred to as a vision of one's self in psychological, mystic terms. the present study, in an attempt to study and analyze the nature of the symbols in baha-e-valad...

Bone conduction is the process by which an acoustic signal vibrates the skull bones to stimulate the cochlea. Patients with pure conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss, and single sided deafness are sometimes poorly rehabilitated by conventional air conduction hearing aids due to for example the functionality losses in the middle ear. With these hearing impairments, the cochlea may functio...