Bone-anchored hearing aids in conductive and mixed hearing losses: why do patients reject them?

Richard T. K. Siau; Baljeet Dhillon; Derrick Siau; Kevin M J Green

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-016-3941-5

doi.org/10.1007/s00405-016-3941-5

Bone-anchored hearing aids in conductive and mixed hearing losses: why do patients reject them?

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European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology2.60

Volume: 273, Issue: 10, Pages: 3117 - 3122

Published: Feb 19, 2016

Abstract

This study aimed to report the bone-anchored hearing aid uptake rate and the reasons for their rejection by patients with conductive and mixed hearing losses. A retrospective review was performed of 113 consecutive patients with unilateral or bilateral conductive or mixed hearing loss referred to the Greater Manchester bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) programme between September 2008 and August 2011. 98 (86.7 %) patients were deemed...