Hearing with the bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA, HC 200) compared to a conventional bone-conduction hearing aid.
Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci
; 17(3): 275-9, 1992 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-1505098
ABSTRACT
Sixteen patients have been fitted with a standard bone-anchored hearing aid (HC 200), to replace their conventional bone-conduction aid. The average pure tone threshold at 0.5, 1 and 2 kHz varied from 35 to 75 dB HL, with a sensorineural component varying from 0 to 30 dB HL. The patients' performance with the bone-anchored aid was compared to that with the conventional bone-conduction aid in an acoustic-free field. The maximum phoneme score in quiet was 100% in most patients; in 6 patients, the score with the bone-anchored aid was better (range from 5 to 10%). The speech-in-noise ratio was significantly better in 11 patients (range from -1.4 to -8 dB). None of the patients had poorer results on either test with the bone-anchored aid. The improved speech recognition was ascribed to better performance of the hearing aid in the higher frequency range (above 2 kHz) and to relatively less distortion.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Corrección de Deficiencia Auditiva
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Audífonos
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Año:
1992
Tipo del documento:
Article