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The Bonebridge semi-implantable bone conduction hearing device: experience in an Asian patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2013

W S S Tsang ,
J K Y Yu ,
K S S Bhatia ,
T K C Wong  and
M C F Tong
W S S Tsang
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and The Institute of Human Communicative Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
J K Y Yu
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and The Institute of Human Communicative Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
K S S Bhatia
Affiliation:
Department of Diagnostic imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
T K C Wong
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and The Institute of Human Communicative Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
M C F Tong*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and The Institute of Human Communicative Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
*
Address for correspondence: Prof Michael C F Tong, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 6/F Clinical Sciences Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, New Territories, Hong Kong Fax: +852 21458876 E-mail: mtong@ent.cuhk.edu.hk
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Abstract

For over three decades, bone conduction hearing aids have been changing the lives of patients with impaired hearing. The size, appearance and fitting discomfort of early generations of bone conduction hearing aids made them unpopular. The advent of bone-anchored hearing aids in the 1970s offered patients improved sound quality and fitting comfort, due to the application of osseointegration. However, the issue of post-operative peri-abutment pin tract wound infection persisted. The Bonebridge system incorporates the first active bone conduction device, and aims to resolve peri-abutment issues. Implantation of this system in an Asian patient is presented.

Keywords

Hearing AidsHearing LossOsseointegrationBonebridge

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 127 , Issue 12 , December 2013 , pp. 1214 - 1221
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2013 

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