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TONI LEVINE, MD
Brooklyn, NY

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1987;113(2):123.

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At the August 1986 meeting of the "Second International Symposium on Surgery of the Inner Ear" in Aspen, Colo, Jack Vernon, PhD, Portland, Ore, reported on the Oklahoma City Clinical trials using an implantable hearing aid (Audiant, Xomed Inc). The device is a modified bond screw with a magnetic coil replacing the screwhead. The aid is screwed onto the squama through a postauricular incision. An external coil allows for transcutaneous stimulation of the device. These units are appropriate for any condition that would benefit from a bone-conduction hearing aid, such as aural atresia or chronic otitis.

To date, 19 patients have been implanted. Their average speech-reception threshold without any amplification was 53 dB; however, with the implanted aid, the speech-reception threshhold was 24 dB. Discrimination in a quiet environment was around 90%; in noise, discrimination dropped to 40% for all groups (unaided, air-conduction aid, and the device). Possible reasons for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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