Open AccessClinical Results with an Active Middle Ear Implant in the Oval Window
Author(s) -
KarlBernd Hüttenbrink,
Dirk Beutner,
Thomas Zahnert
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
advances in oto-rhino-laryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1662-2847
pISSN - 0065-3071
DOI - 10.1159/000318519
Subject(s) - footplate , stapes , middle ear , implant , medicine , prosthesis , hearing aid , tympanoplasty , audiology , surgery , engineering , mechanical engineering
Some patients with chronic middle ear disease and multiple failed revisions, who also need a hearing aid, may benefit from an active middle ear implant. An advantage of an active middle ear implant is that the ear canal is unoccluded.
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