BAHA SYSTEM AND ITS USE

People with impaired hearing wear hearing aids to compensate that failure. There is one category of persons with impaired hearing that are not able to use behind-the ear hearing aids (chronical ear infections, cholesteatoma). People with that kind of damage use behind-the ear hearing aids-prosthesis...

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Main Author: Slavcho CHADIEV
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation 2004-12-01
Series:Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Online Access:http://jser.fzf.ukim.edu.mk/pdf/Referati%20od%20DTP-2004-br-3-4%20vo%20PDF/147-152-Slavcho%20Chadiev.pdf
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Summary:People with impaired hearing wear hearing aids to compensate that failure. There is one category of persons with impaired hearing that are not able to use behind-the ear hearing aids (chronical ear infections, cholesteatoma). People with that kind of damage use behind-the ear hearing aids-prosthesis that are implanted by surgery in the mastoide bone, where the sound is transmitted to the cochlea. That is the BAHA sound processor, product of ENTIFIK Medical system.
ISSN:1409-6099
1857-663X