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[Implantable bone conduction hearing aids].

R G Matschke
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Conventional extern bone conduction hearing aids often cause retroauricular pain by compression of the skin, distortion is enhanced by the vibrational pattern and feedback can be a problem and, last but not least, do not fit into cosmetic schemes. We report about experiences with 2 different systems of partly implantable bone conduction hearing aids which were designed to overcome the technical, audiological and cosmetical problems of conventional bone conduction hearing aids. There is a transcutaneous and a percutaneous system discussed. Clinical experiences demonstrate that the percutaneous system is superior in both objective hearing gain and patient acceptance.

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Bone ConductionEquipment DesignHearing AidsHearing Loss, ConductiveHumansPatient Acceptance of Health CareProstheses and ImplantsSpeech Reception Threshold TestComparative StudyEnglish AbstractJournal ArticleReview

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R G Matschke. 1997. [Implantable bone conduction hearing aids].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9324864/

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