Baha for single-sided sensorineural deafness: Review and recent technological innovations

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 326-349

  Flynn, Mark C ^a   Sammeth, Carol A ^b   Sadeghi, Andre ^a   Cire, George ^b   Halvarsson, Glenn ^a  

^a Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions ^*  (Sweden)

^b Research and Technology Labs   (United States)

Author keywords

amplification; Bone anchored hearing aid (Baha); BP100; single sided deafness (SSD); unilateral hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; BONE CONDUCTION; BONE REGENERATION; HEARING AID; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MICROPHONE; NOISE REDUCTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

EID: 78650098793     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: 10988955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1268033     Document Type: Article

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