Control of the local station from the remote station was carried out successfully and remote programming sessions were achieved completely and without incidents. Remote and standard program parameters were compared and no significant differences were found between the groups. The performance evaluated in subjects who had been using either standard or remote programs for 3 months showed no significant difference. Subjects were satisfied with both the remote and standard sessions. Safety was proven by checking emergency stops in different conditions. A very small delay was noticed that did not affect the ease of the fitting. The oral and video communication between the local and the remote equipment was established without difficulties and was of high quality.

Objective: Evaluation of a new active osseointegrated bone-conduction hearing implant in moderate to severe mixed-hearing loss. Study Design: Prospective observational study of a series of cases. Setting: Tertial referral center. Patients: Twenty patients with moderate mixed-hearing loss were evaluated (10 Cochlear Osia group and 10 Baha 5 Power Connect -control group). Intervention: Rehabilitative. Main Outcome Measures: Hearing performance in quiet and in noise and quality-of-life were evaluated. Results: Improvements in audibility, speech-understanding, speech-recognition, and quality-of-sound in noise and quiet were found for the Osia System compared with preoperative unaided hearing and performance was similar to that obtained with Baha 5 Power Connect. Conclusions: The new active transcutaneous bone conduction system provided a tonal improvement in free-field at middle and high frequencies. The performance in speech recognition in quiet and in noise was similar to control group outcomes.

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