Management of single‐sided deafness with the bone‐anchored hearing aid

Abstract

In SSD patients, the BAHA provides significant subjective benefits and improves speech understanding in noise.

Analysis of Factors Predicting the Success of the Bone Conduction Device Headband Trial in Patients With Single-Sided Deafness

“…The BCD CROS achieves significant improvement concerning some problems caused by the head shadow effect, which plays a substantial role in the hearing impairment of patients with SSD. 1,2 Subjective benefit analysis by means of the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) 3 shows a significant improvement in the ease of communication, conversation in background noise, and conversations with reverberation. [4][5][6] However, it remains difficult to predict which patients with SSD will benefit from BCD CROS treatment.…”

A Comparison Between Wireless CROS and Bone-anchored Hearing Devices for Single-sided Deafness

“…Improvements in sentence perception in noise, when noise is delivered to the better ear, have been documented for the CROS (19) and for the BAHD (20,21). Similarly, improvements have been reported for the BAHD when noise is delivered to the front (12,13).…”

“…Both devices have been shown to impair speech perception when noise is on the side of the poorer ear (12,13,19,22); in this condition, the CROS or BAHD transmits the noise from the poorer to the better ear and thus interferes with the speech signal. Moreover, subjective benefits have been reported for the BAHD and CROS, as measured by standardized selfassessment questionnaires such as the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (12,16,19,21).…”

Cochlear Implants in Single-Sided Deafness

“…In contrast to t-CROS, there is a voluminous literature on the efficacy of Baha. In addition to consistent reports of patient satisfaction and increased speech perception in noise, studies show moderate improvements in sound localization ability after Baha [17][18][19]. In comparative studies on the efficacy of Baha versus CROS, investigators have uniformly recommended Baha over CROS or t-CROS for the management of SSD [20][21][22].…”