An important treatment method has been developed for patients who cannot use hearing aids. The hearing problem of the patient who could not use a hearing aid was completely eliminated with the bone-applied implant applied to the patient in the Otorhinolaryngology department of the Kızılay Kartal Hospital.
Hearing loss is an important condition that can occur at any age, but is more common in the elderly. While most of the patients overcome this problem with hearing aids, some patients cannot use hearing aids due to different ear problems. A new method developed for patients with this condition has also started to be applied in Turkey.
Kızılay Kartal Hospital Otorhinolaryngology Department has completely eliminated the hearing problem of a patient who couldn't use hearing aids with an operation performed. Op. Dr. Gazi Abuzaid, Kızılay Kartal Hospital Otorhinolaryngologist and Head and Neck Surgeon, informed about the new treatment method applied to a 60-year-old patient who underwent left tympanum surgery and who could not use hearing aid due to frequent external ear infection in their right ear. Op. Dr. Abuzaid emphasized the complete resolving of hearing loss via BAHA (Bone Anchored Hearing Aids) application to the patient.
Op. Dr. Gazi Abuzaid said: 'This technology conveys the sound directly to the inner ear, bypassing the problems in the external auditory canal and middle ear by using the bone trail. This method is mostly applied to patients who had undergone surgical intervention due to inflammation of external auditory canal and chronic middle ear canal and cannot use hearing aids or who have sensorineural hearing loss and don't want to use hearing aids.
The operation is performed by a simple and fast surgical method. Wound healing of the patient takes up to 1 month and after that the device is powered on. One of the important features of this new method is the chance to see the result before the operation. We are able to foresee the benefit that we can achieve with the implant by conducting a device trial before the procedure to the patients we have decided to operate on.'
