Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) For Single Sided Deafness

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OR-Live.com webcast January 17, 2008 6:00 PM EST (23:00 UTC) From Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT Join Hartford Hospital ear specialist Dr. Marc Eisen as he conduct an outpatient procedure to implant an unobtrusive BAHA prosthesis that allows sound to travel through bone and overcomes the challenges of single-sided deafness. Single-sided deafness, or deafness in one ear, afflicts some 50000 people a year in the US alone. The loss of hearing in one ear can be caused by a traumatic injury …

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hear on July 25, 2009 | Filed Under hearing aid batteries

4 Comments

nolasong  on July 27th, 2009

I would suggest talking to you physician again. If you have single sided deafness then you are a Baha candidate.

LasteroBlue  on July 28th, 2009

The device transfers the sound thru your scull towards the healthy ear on the other side. You will be able to hear sounds from your deaf side again. Good luck!

motellife  on July 29th, 2009

and then the cochlear implant won’t work for me either as they’re only used for people who are deaf on both ears, not just one. the cochlear would work for me, but since it hasn’t been done or tested.

motellife  on August 2nd, 2009

i have single-sided deafness and this product was going to be my only chance of being able to hear from my right ear. I went to the doctor and found out the implant would do nothing for me as my inner ear doesn’t work, meaning the nerves that send the sounds from my ear to my brain don’t work, they don’t funtion at all, so the BAHA won’t work for me.