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Percutaneous

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

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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.

Diagram showing the BC Percutaneous hearing system; Audio processor with microphones, Bone conduction transducer, Implant, and a diagram of the ear and the inner ear, as well as the cochlea

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low importance for patients

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the highest importance for patients

Benefits

  • 🔑🔑🔑🔑 Good audiological gain

  • 🔑🔑🔑🔑 MRI conditional

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Drawbacks

  • 🔑🔑🔑🔑 Maximum stable gain (feedback noise)

  • 🔑🔑🔑🔑 Problems with loss of abutment

    🔑🔑🔑🔑🔑 Aesthetics / cultural issues

  • 🔑🔑🔑🔑🔑 Skin complication / permanent wound care required

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