Implantable hearing devices are a valuable option for patients with moderate-to-serve sensorineural hearing loss who cannot benefit from conventional hearing aids. Only 20% to 42% were satisfied with their implants compared with their contralateral conventional hearing aids. Conventional hearing aids are no longer the exclusive solution to patients with sensorineural hearing loss.
Citation: Gluth, Michael B.; Eager, Katrise M.; Eikelboom, Robert H.; Atlas, Marcus D. " Long- term patient satisfaction with different middle ear hearing implants in sensorineural hearing loss."
Otology & Neurotology. 31(9):1427-1434, December 2010.
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