Active Middle Ear Implant Compared With Open-Fit Hearing Aid in Sloping High-Frequency Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Abstract

Both open-fit HAs and AMEIs provided audiologic benefit to patients with sloping high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss. However, despite overlapping indication criteria for the 2 devices, performance with the AMEI was significantly better for the AMEI than for the open-fit HA.