Totally Implantable Hearing Devices

Implantable hearing devices

Combined hearing loss is an essential indication for implantable hearing systems. Depending on the bone conduction threshold, various options are available: Patients with mild sensorineural deafness usually benefit from transcutaneous BCI, while percutaneous BCI systems are recommended also for moderate hearing loss. For combined hearing loss with moderate and high-grade cochlear hearing loss, ...

Implantable/Non-Implantable Hearing Devices and Bone Anchored Hearing Aids

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Applying Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices (TIVAD) in Children: the First Iranian Experience

Interfacing FM Systems with Implantable Hearing Devices

Cochlear implant recipients can reduce the challenges they encounter in noisy environments through the use of a remote microphone. Although there are numerous options for delivering the signal from the frequency modulated (FM) transmitter worn by the speaker to the FM receiver coupled to the implant, several have now been verified through research as viable, beneficial arrangements. Recommendat...

Insertion of Totally Implantable Central Venous Access Devices by Surgeons

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to evaluate the results for the insertion of totally implantable central venous access devices (TICVADs) by surgeons. METHODS Total 397 patients, in whom TICVADs had been inserted for intravenous chemotherapy between September 2008 and June 2014, were pooled. This procedure was performed under local anesthesia in an operation room. The insertion site for the T...