Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2023 Feb;66(2):113-117. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2022.00619.

Hearing Rehabilitation Experiences With Osia^®2 Bone Conduction Hearing Implant in Patients With Iatrogenic Unilateral Hearing Loss

• Moon S
• Moon IS

• KMID: 2540003
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/kjorl-hns.2022.00619

Abstract

Various types of bone conduction hearing aids have been widely used for hearing rehabilitation for the last 30 years. Among them, the recently launched Osia^®2 system is a new active transcutaneous bone conduction implant system using piezoelectric effect. This can be expected to deliver more efficient sound transmission, overcome sound attenuation, and improve high-frequency hearing than conventional passive transcutaneous hearing aids, and is considered to be cosmetically superior to percutaneous hearing aids. Recently, we experienced two cases of Osia^®2 implantation in patients with iatrogenic unilateral hearing loss. Both patients showed improved pure tone threshold and better Korean Hearing in Noise Test (K-HINT) score after implantation. Furthermore, all of them had no complications after Osia^®2 implantation.

Keyword

Bone conduction; Hearing aids; Hearing loss, unilateral