Tos M, Salomon G, Bonding P
ENT Department, Gentofte Hospital, Denmark.
Ear Nose Throat J. 1994 Feb;73(2):92-6, 98-100, 102-3.
Semi-implantable hearing aids consisting of permanent middle ear implanted magnet, either partial ossicular replacement prostheses (PORP's) or total ossicular replacement prostheses (TORP's) driven by an electromagnet placed in the ear canal have been tested on six patients undergoing surgery for chronic otitis. The surgical and audiological problems are described. The audiological results were excellent in all six cases. A functional gain of 40-70 dB can be obtained for entire frequency range of the audiogram.
