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Karolinska University Hospital

Utility of bone-anchored hearing aid evaluated in children

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, June 2nd, 2005

The utility of the bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) has been assessed in pediatric recipients.

Otolaryngologists in Sweden conducted a study "to evaluate the surgical techniques and problems seen" in children with BAHAs, and "to determine the children's attitudes toward BAHA."

A group of "41 children with unilateral BAHA" were enrolled in this retrospective study, explained C. Priwin and coauthors at Karolinska University Hospital. "Surgical recordings were investigated and a questionnaire was distributed."

"Surgery was performed as a two-stage procedure," the investigators noted. "Available bone thickness was measured in 29...

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