Loading of osseointegrated implants for bone conduction hearing at 3 weeks: 3-year stability, survival, and tolerability.

The objective of this study was to ascertain the long-term safety of loading osseointegrated implants for bone conduction hearing 3 weeks post-surgery. Thirty consecutive adult patients were implanted with the Baha BI300 (Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions) in our tertiary referral center. Implants were loaded with the sound processor 3 weeks post-surgery.

Bone-anchored hearing implants in single-sided deafness patients: Long-term use and satisfaction by gender.

Objectives/hypothesis: To examine the long-term satisfaction and possible effects of gender in patients with single-sided deafness (SSD) who underwent bone-anchored hearing implant (BAHI) surgery.

Study Design: Retrospective case-control study.

Methods: All (n = 145) consecutive SSD patients fitted with a BAHI between January 2001 and October 2011 were asked to complete a questionnaire consisting of the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB), the Communication Profile for the Hearing Impaired (CPHI), and the SSD questionnaire.

Analysis of factors predicting the success of the bone conduction device headband trial in patients with single-sided deafness.

Objective: To determine factors predicting whether patients with single-sided deafness (SSD) opt for a bone conduction device (BCD) for the contralateral routing of sound (CROS) after a regular trial with a BCD on a headband.

Design: Retrospective case-control study.

Setting: Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Bone-anchored hearing implant loading at 3 weeks: stability and tolerability after 6 months.

Objective: To clinically evaluate the performance of a titanium percutaneous bone-anchored hearing implant (BAHI) using a 3-week healing period. Short-term implant survival, stability changes, and skin reactions are evaluated from the initial implantation to 6 months postimplantation.

Methods: Thirty patients eligible for a BAHI were included in an open, prospective clinical investigation.

Benefit of Baha in the elderly with single-sided deafness.

The objective of this study is to determine the benefits of bone-anchored hearing aid (Baha) contralateral routing of signal (CROS) in the older adult population with single-sided deafness. Five questionnaires [general usage questionnaire, Glasgow benefit inventory (GBI), Abbreviated profile of hearing aid benefit (APHAB), Nijmegen cochlear implant questionnaire and the hearing handicap inventory for the elderly-screening version (HHIE-S)] were used to evaluate Baha use. Consecutive patients over 60 years of age with SSD fitted with a Baha CROS between April 1990 and April 2007 not using a conventional hearing aid in the better-hearing ear were identified.

Titanium fixtures for bone-conduction devices and the influence of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether diabetes mellitus (DM) is a risk factor for titanium fixture loss in bone-conduction devices (BCDs) because of osseointegration failure.

Study Design: Retrospective case study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Assessment of more than 1,000 implanted percutaneous bone conduction devices: skin reactions and implant survival.

Objective: This study assesses soft tissue reactions and implant stability of 1,132 percutaneous titanium implants (970 patients) for bone conduction devices (BCDs). In addition, it examines BCD usage and comparisons between different patient groups.

Study Design: Retrospective survey.

An overview of different systems: the bone-anchored hearing aid.

In the past 30 years, a large amount of clinical and audiological research on bone conduction hearing devices has been performed. In this review, we give a brief history of the developments in indications, surgical techniques and sound processors with respect to implantable bone conduction devices like the bone-anchored hearing aid or Baha. Starting with the use of Baha in patients with bilateral conductive or mixed hearing loss (HL), the indications for such devices have been extended to patients with unilateral HL, children and moderate mentally retarded patients.

Bone-anchored hearing aid implant location in relation to skin reactions.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of implant location and skin thickness on the frequency and degree of adverse skin reactions around the abutment.

Design: Retrospective multivariate analysis of implant position related to skin thickness and clinical variables.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.