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The Birmingham bone anchored hearing aid programme: paediatric experience and results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

R. H. Powell ,
S. P. Burrell ,
H. R. Cooper  and
D. W. Proops
R. H. Powell
Affiliation:
Department of Audiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
S. P. Burrell
Affiliation:
Department of Audiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
H. R. Cooper
Affiliation:
Department of Audiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
D. W. Proops
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
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Abstract

Over a five-year period, 34 patients have been referred to the Birmingham bone anchored hearing aid programme, paediatric section, of whom 21 are now wearing the bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA) and four are awaiting surgery for fitting of the BAHA. Of the patients assessed, found to be suitable and who proceeded to surgery for the BAHA, 44 per cent had Treacher Collins syndrome, 28 per cent had bilateral atresia or microtia, 16 per cent had Goldenhaar's syndrome, four per cent (one patient) had branchio-oto-renal syndrome and eight per cent had chronic suppurative otitis media. This paper presents objective and subjective data collected from these patients. It is shown that the BAHA is a very effective hearing aid for children with congenital hearing loss.

Keywords

Hearing aids, bone anchoredHearing loss, conductive, congenitalChild
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Supplement 21 , December 1996 , pp. 21 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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