bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA)

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Indications

* useful if ear canal unable to tolerate hearing aid

# may not be useful for sensorineural hearing loss

Procedure

More general terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Geriatric Review Syllabus, 7th edition Parada JT et al (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2010
    Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013
  2. de Wolf MJ, Shival ML, Hol MK et al Benefit and quality of life in older bone-anchored hearing aid users. Otol Neurotol. 2010 Jul;31(5):766-72. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20581615 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    de Wolf MJ, Hol MK, Mylanus EA, Cremers CW. Bone-anchored hearing aid surgery in older adults: implant loss and skin reactions. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2009 Jul;118(7):525-31. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19708493