A Review of Paediatric Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) use in Chronic Otitis Media (COM)

Abstract

Whitney U-test) compared with the previous generation implant. Conclusion:Loading of the implant system 1 week after surgery has been successful for 25 patients with normal bone quality followed up for one year. No implants were lost. All individual ISQ were increasing throughout the study period, although some showed an initial ISQ dip. Soft tissue reactions around the hydroxyapatite coated abutment were generally mild and tolerable but elevated in the first month of follow-up compared with the previous generation implant.