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Active Transcutaneous

This section outlines the benefits and drawbacks of an active transcutaneous solution, categorized into three key domains: audiological aspect, medical aspect, and patient-reported aspects.

Each publication listed below is rated by its importance for patients, using a Hearring key icon scale 🔑 one key for low importance, three keys for medium importance, and five keys for high importance.

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low importance for patients

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the highest importance for patients

Benefits

  • 🔑🔑🔑🔑🔑 Audiological improvement / hearing outcomes

    🔑🔑🔑🔑 Better high frequency hearing (compared to passive transcut.)

  • 🔑🔑🔑🔑 Best option for malformations

    🔑🔑🔑 Local anaesthesia

    🔑🔑🔑 Simple surgery

    🔑🔑🔑🔑🔑 MRI conditional

    🔑🔑🔑🔑 Intact skin

  • 🔑🔑🔑🔑 All day wearing comfort (due to no skin pressure)

    🔑🔑🔑🔑 Subjective benefit

Drawbacks

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  • 🔑🔑🔑🔑 MRI artefact to be expected

    🔑🔑🔑 Anatomical limitations / space requirements

  • 🔑🔑🔑 Headwear

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