Evaluation of a super powerful bone-anchored hearing system and its users: A retrospective study.

Introduction: Although the Baha 5SP has been commercially available for six years, very few studies have been performed on the device's efficacy. The current study aims to evaluate the characteristics and audiological results in patients with severe-to-profound mixed hearing loss fitted with this superpower sound processor.

Methods: This retrospective evaluation was conducted at a tertiary referral centre where a series of 82 adult patients with severe-to-profound mixed hearing loss were implanted with a percutaneous bone-anchored hearing system and fitted with a superpower sound processor between 2016 and 2019.

Three-Year Clinical and Audiological Outcomes of Percutaneous Implants for Bone Conduction Devices: Comparison Between Tissue Preservation Technique and Tissue Reduction Technique.

Objectives: To evaluate the three-year clinical and audiological outcomes of soft-tissue preservation compared to soft-tissue reduction in linear incision surgery for percutaneous implant for bone conduction (BC) devices.

Methods: Twenty-five patients (25 implants) were enrolled in a prospective cohort for implant surgery with linear incision and tissue preservation. The control group consisted of 25 patients (25 implants) from a previous randomized controlled trial in which a linear incision with soft-tissue reduction was applied.