Comparison of the audiologic results obtained with the bone-anchored hearing aid attached to the headband, the testband, and to the "snap" abutment

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-75

  Verstraeten, Nadia ^a   Zarowski, Andrzej J ^a   Somers, Thomas ^a   Riff, Daphna ^a   Offeciers, Erwin F ^a  

^a SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

"Snap" coupling; Abutment; Bone Anchored Hearing Aid; Headband; Skin damping; Testband

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEADBAND; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAP ABUTMENT; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TESTBAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND DETECTION;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 59849094556     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31818be97a     Document Type: Article

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