Questions

› What is a Baha and how does it work?
› Who can benefit from a Baha?
› What are the different types of hearing loss?
› How can you use a Baha without the surgical procedure?

New indications for Baha

Ian Johnson, ENT surgeon at Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, talks about major new indications for Baha and how patients are being turned away by professionals due to an under awareness of the procedure.

Ian Johnson goes on to report on a study carried out using Baha soft band for the management of glue ear with paediatric patients from Freeman Hospital.

Between 9,000 to 10,000 people each year suffer from Single Sided Sensorineural Deafness and are turned away from GP surgeries and ENT hospital departments because of a lack of awareness of how a Baha could help them. Even many neurosurgery departments, who are coming across patients with head trauma, skull fractures, skull based tumours or acoustic neuromas are unaware of the procedure. They don’t even carry out audiograms. Baha doesn’t only restore hearing but can help (in about 50% of cases) to give people the ability to localise sound again. (read the rest of this article)