Bone-anchored hearing aid: A comparison of surgical techniques

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Van De Berg, Raymond ^a   Stokroos, Robert J ^a   Hof, Janny R ^a   Chenault, Michelene N ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone conduction hearing; Hearing aids; Postoperative complications; Reoperation; Skin grafting; Surgical flaps; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74349126586     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181c29fec     Document Type: Article

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