Long-term complications of bone-anchored hearing aids: A 14-year experience

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-176

  Badran, K ^a   Arya, A K ^a,b   Bunstone, D ^a   MacKinnon, N ^a  

^a Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Deafness; Hearing Aids; Implants and Prostheses

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SILVER NITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; BLEEDING; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; BONE GROWTH; BONE REGENERATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUTERIZATION; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; GRAFT NECROSIS; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; OTOSCLEROSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STAPEDECTOMY; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TYMPANOPLASTY; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249132267     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215108002521     Document Type: Article

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