Bone Conduction and Occupational Deafness

Improvement of voice quality and prevention of deafness by a bone-conduction device

In modern society, people are involuntarily being exposed to various noises in their everyday-life environments. The increasing use of mobile phones and other portable devices as a primary means of communication outside of homes makes the current noise condition even worse. During the exchange of information on these devices, the volume is usually set 15 dB higher than the surrounding noise in ...

[Occupational deafness in dump truck drivers].

Bonebridge Bone Conduction Implant

In this issue, we have an interesting review article by Dr. Mario Zernotti and his team in Cordoba on the Bonebridge bone conduction implant. Bone conduction implants are indicated for patients with conductive, mixed, or unilateral hearing loss. The transcutaneous technology employed avoids common complications such as cutaneous reactions, skin covering the abutment, local infection, or extrusi...

Functional Results and Subjective Benefit of a Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Device in Patients With Single-Sided Deafness.

OBJECTIVE To analyze speech discrimination scores and subjective benefit of a transcutaneous bone conduction device (tBCD) in adults with single-sided deafness (SSD). STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Nine adults with SSD for more than 1 year and normal hearing on the contralateral side (PTA <30 dB HL) were implanted with a tBCD. INTERVENT...

Temporal bone imaging in GJB2 deafness.

OBJECTIVE To describe temporal bone findings on computed tomography (CT) imaging in GJB2-related hearing loss (HL). We asked whether evaluation of the temporal bone is required in individuals with biallelic GJB2 mutations. STUDY DESIGN Randomized, blinded, controlled, prospective measurement. METHODS Blood from 264 pediatric cochlear implant users was analyzed for mutations in the GJB2 gene...