Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) For Single Sided Deafness

OR-Live.com webcast January 17, 2008
6:00 PM EST (23:00 UTC) From Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

Join Hartford Hospital ear specialist Dr. Marc Eisen as he conduct an outpatient procedure to implant an unobtrusive BAHA prosthesis that allows sound to travel through bone and overcomes the challenges of single-sided deafness.
Single-sided deafness, or deafness in one ear, afflicts some 50,000 people a year in the US alone. The loss of hearing in one ear can be caused by a traumatic injury, diseases like mumps or measles, hereditary disorders, or sudden deafness. Hearing through only one ear makes it difficult to determine which direction a sound is coming from, so crossing a street becomes hazardous, and detracts from one's ability to interact with people in social settings.

Now there is an innovative surgical procedure called a Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) that is being performed at Hartford Hospital. During a live Internet broadcast, Dr. Marc Eisen, an ear specialist, will conduct an outpatient procedure to implant an unobtrusive BAHA prosthesis that allows sound to travel through bone and overcomes the challenges of single-sided deafness.

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• deafness
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• injury
• mumps
• surgery

[Elmejvv]

@DirtKickerStudio I am so greatful that my parents did not reason like you! It is a wonderful gift to be able to hear and I do not care about the bald spot.

[jessiessica]

@caliturnedtennessean

That sounds a little odd. Generally BAHA is only recommended for people with severe conductive losses (where the cause of the problem is in the middle ear, which is uncommon for a sudden hearing loss), or there is some other contraindication to normal hearing aids such as in the case of atresia where the ear canal never developed, so sound can't travel through the normal pathway used by hearing aids.

[wantben]

my skin will not heal around the abutement so my doctor took it out and I am selling my Processor( Bp 100) Cochlear Baha. You can email me at wantben@yahoo.com if your interested.

[TheCasu305]

I'm looking for the BAHA information and this video is very good.

[wbeartn]

@caliturnedtennessean

I hope you got this done. I only had 10% hearing in my right ear and now its almost perfect. I am able to distinguish sound in either direction but that may be due to having the 10% in my right ear. If you did have this done, I hope it has worked as good for you as it has for me.

[wmk1975]

I have a BAHA. I had to have the surgery done twice because the implant fell out the first time.

[maryl7679]

I had my surgery 2 weeks ago and have the Baha sitting in my closet waiting until I can use it . I CAN'T wait.

[caliturnedtennessean]

I am a 40 year old female that woke up one morning and everything was ok and then suddenly my left ear starting ringing. After going to the E.R. and being sent to another hospital and then to 3 different doctors including an ear specialist I learned that I suddenly became deaf in my left ear for no apparent reason. The only possible way for me to maybe hear some is the BAHA procedure, Not sure it is for me and am really undecided at this time. Can anyone help me with this?

[DirtKickerStudio]

My opinion.. This surgery should not be imposed on children. As an adult one can decide if they want a screw drilled into their head. Deaf kids have enough to deal with.. They don't need an infected bald spot on their head. Deaf children are people.. Not guinea pigs.. Signed.. A Grandparent of 2 deaf children!! LET THEM GROW UP AND DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES!

[gringoculero]

But with BAHA< you still will not be able to distinguish where sound is coming from.