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I'm just curious if anyone in this tribe has a bone anchor hearing aid (BAHA)? I've recently suffered a bad infection and perforated eardrum in one ear and one of my doctors may be recommending that I switch from using a traditional, behind the ear (BTE) aid to a bone anchor aid.
Anyone have any news or experience to speak of regarding BAHAs (versus BTEs)?
Anyone have any news or experience to speak of regarding BAHAs (versus BTEs)?
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Re: Bone Anchor Hearing Aid
Fri, August 1, 2008 - 7:44 PMIs a BAHA the same as a cochlear implant? -
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Re: Bone Anchor Hearing Aid
Sat, August 2, 2008 - 1:55 PMNo, a BAHA is quite different from a cochlear implant. As I understand, with a cochlear implant, a sophisticated electronic apparatus is threaded inside the spiral of the cochlea, deep within the inner ear. With a BAHA, or bone anchor hearing aid, a platinum pin is drilled into the side of the head, and then an electronic amplifier snaps onto the platinum pin and transmits sound by bone conduction.
www.cochlearamericas.com/Produ...13.asp
Generally it seems, if you're cochlea isn't functioning properly, you may benefit from a cochlear implant; however, if your cochlea is functioning reasonably well, but you have some other severe ear damage (e.g., damaged membrane, hammer, stirrup, etc .), you may benefit from a BAHA.
As far as I know, the BAHA is a somewhat new technology compared to the cochlear implant.
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