Intraindividual Comparison of the Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid and Air-Conduction Hearing Aids

Abstract

In patients with chronic ear problems a BAHA is an acceptable alternative if an air-conduction hearing aid is contraindicated. Preoperative assessment of the size of the air-bone gap is of some help to predict whether speech recognition may improve or deteriorate with the BAHA compared with the air-conduction hearing aid.