A new transcutaneous bone anchored hearing device - the Baha® Attract System: the first experience in Turkey

Year 2014, Volume: 24 Issue: 2, 59 - 64, 20.04.2014

Mete İşeri Kadir Serkan Orhan Ahmet Kara Merve Durgut Murat Öztürk Murat Topdağ Sebla Çalışkan

Abstract

Objectives: In this study, we reported our experience with a new transcutaneous bone conduction hearing device, the Baha® Attract System. Patients and Methods: This multi-center clinical study included the first 12 patients 8 females, 4 males; mean age 27.6 years; range 5 to 65 years in whom a new transcutaneous bone conduction system was implanted in Turkey. Results: The mean air-bone gap was 41 dB. Bone smoothing around the implant was needed in five patients. We placed a sound processor in the fourth postoperative week for all patients. Conclusion: Our study results suggest that the new bone conduction implant is promising for the patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss who are unable to wear conventional air conduction hearing aid and comparable to percutaneous systems.

Keywords

Baha, implantation, magnet, transcutaneous

İşitme cihazına bağlanmış yeni transkütanöz kemik - Baha® Attract Sistemi: Türkiye’de ilk deneyim

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada yeni bir transkütan kemik iletimli işitme cihazı Baha® Attract Sistemine ilişkin deneyimlerimiz sunuldu.Hastalar ve Yöntemler: Bu çok merkezli klinik çalışmaya Türkiye’de yeni bir transkütan kemik iletimli cihazı implante edilen ilk 12 hasta 8 kadın, 4 erkek; ort. yaş 27.6 yıl; dağılım 5-65 yıl dahil edildi. Bulgular: Ortalama hava-kemik yolu farkı 41 dB idi. Beş hastada implant çevresinde kemik düzeltme işlemi gerekti. Ses işlemcileri tüm hastalara ameliyat sonrası dördüncü haftada yerleştirildi.Sonuç: Çalışma bulgularımız, yeni kemik iletimli implantın konvansiyonel hava-yolu işitme cihazı kullanamayan iletim veya mikst tip işitme kayıplı hastalar için ümit verici ve perkütan sistemler ile kıyaslanabilir olduğunu göstermektedir

Keywords

Baha, implantasyon, magnet, transkütan

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