Osseointegrated Auditory Devices: Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid and PONTO

Soha N Ghossaini; Pamela C Roehm

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2018.11.005

Osseointegrated Auditory Devices: Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid and PONTO

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2019 Apr;52(2):243-251. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2018.11.005. Epub 2019 Jan 5.

Authors

Soha N Ghossaini¹, Pamela C Roehm²

Affiliations

¹ Otology-Neurotology, Ear Nose and Throat Associates of New York, 107-21 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, NY 11375, USA. Electronic address: sghossaini@gmail.com.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, 3509 North Broad Street, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.

PMID: 30617010
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2018.11.005

Abstract

Osseointegrated auditory devices (OADs) are hearing devices that use an external receiver/processor that stimulates bone conduction of sound via a titanium prosthesis that is drilled into the bone of the cranium. Since their introduction in 1977, OADs have undergone substantial evolution, including changes in manufacturing of the implant, improvements in the external sound processor, and simplification of implantation techniques. Expansion of criteria for patient candidacy for implantation has occurred corresponding with changes in the implants and processors.

Keywords: BAHA; Conductive hearing loss; Mixed hearing loss; Osseointegrated auditory device; Osseointegrated auditory implant; Ponto; Single-sided deafness.

Publication types

Historical Article
Review

MeSH terms

Auditory Threshold
Bone Conduction / physiology
Hearing Aids*
Hearing Loss / physiopathology
Hearing Loss / surgery*
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Osseointegration / physiology*
Prosthesis Design / history
Prosthesis Fitting / instrumentation
Titanium

Substances

Titanium