Clinical research
Clinical research confirms that Baha is the hearing loss treatment that achieves better results.
Here's what the experts have to say:
Baha as a treatment for conduction hearing loss
"Baha provides an exceptionally effective method of rehabilitating a child with conductive hearing loss or an inability to wear conventional hearing aids."2
"It can be stated that patients with an acquired unilateral airborne gap (conductive hearing loss in one ear) benefited from using the Baha. This was not only reflected in the audiological results, but also in the patients' opinions."1
Baha as a treatment for single-sided deafness
"The speech-in-noise measurements demonstrated the efficacy of the Baha to lift the head shadow effect (transfer sound from the patient's deaf side to their functioning cochlea). Clients were still satisfied at 1-year follow-up."2
Compared to conventional hearing aids
"Patients suffering from single-sided deafness found Baha amplification to be consistently more useful in a variety of listening environments experienced in daily life [than a CROS aid]."3
1 Hol MKS, Snik AFM, Mylanus EAM, Cremers CWRJ . Does the bone anchored hearing aid have a complimentary effect on audiological and subjective outcomes in candidates with unilateral conductive hearing loss?, Audiology & Neurotology 2005 May-Jun; 10(3):159-68.
2 Hol MK, Bosman AJ, Snik AF, Mylanus EA, Cremers CW. Bone-anchored hearing aids in unilateral inner ear deafness: an evaluation of audiometric and client outcome measurements. Otology & Neurotology 2005 Sep;26(5):999-1006.
3 Niparko JK, Cox KM, Lustig LR. Comparison of the bone anchored hearing aid implantable hearing device with contralateral routing of offside signal amplification in the rehabilitation of unilateral deafness. Otology & Neurotology, 2003 Jan;24(1):73-78.