Consensus Statement on Bone Conduction Devices and Active Middle Ear Implants in Conductive and Mixed Hearing Loss
Journal article, 2022
Nowadays, several options are available to treat patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss. Whenever surgical intervention is not possible or contra-indicated, and amplification by a conventional hearing device (e.g., behind-the-ear device) is not feasible, then implantable hearing devices are an indispensable next option. Implantable bone-conduction devices and middle-ear implants have advantages but also limitations concerning complexity/invasiveness of the surgery, medical complications, and effectiveness. To counsel the patient, the clinician should have a good overview of the options with regard to safety and reliability as well as unequivocal technical performance data. The present consensus document is the outcome of an extensive iterative process including ENT specialists, audiologists, health-policy scientists, and representatives/technicians of the main companies in this field. This document should provide a first framework for procedures and technical characterization to enhance effective communication between these stakeholders, improving health care.
Mixed hearing loss
Consensus statement
Surgery
Rehabilitation
Multi-stakeholder approach
Bone conduction devices
Auditory system
Health policy
Active middle ear implants
Technical data
Author
Hannes Maier
Hannover Medical School (MHH)
Thomas Lenarz
Hannover Medical School (MHH)
Parwis Agha-Mir-Salim
Vivantes Clinic in Friedrichshain
Martijn J. H. Agterberg
Radboud University
Andreas Anagiotos
Nicosia General Hospital
Susan Arndt
University of Freiburg
Geoffrey Ball
MED-EL
Manohar Bance
University of Cambridge
Maurizio Barbara
University Hospital Sant'Andrea
Uwe Baumann
University Hospital Frankfurt
Wolfgang Baumgartner
Medical University of Vienna
Daniele Bernardeschi
Hôpital de la Salpêtrière
Dirk Beutner
University Medical Center Göttingen
Arjan Bosman
Radboud University
Robert Briggs
University of Melbourne
Susan Busch
Hannover Medical School (MHH)
Marco Caversaccio
University Hospital of Bern
Markus Dahm
St Vincent's Private Hospital, Melbourne
Ernst Dalhoff
University of Tübingen
Arnaud Deveze
Private Hospital Clairval
Azadeh Ebrahimi-Madiseh
University of Western Australia
Bernard Fraysse
Clinique Rive Gauche
Henning Frenzel
University Medical Center Lübeck
Javier Gavilan
La Paz University Hospital
Mohammad Ghoncheh
Hannover Medical School (MHH)
Bo Håkansson
Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering
William Hodgetts
University of Alberta
Myrthe Hol
University of Groningen
Julian Hol-land
Gilgit Road Specialist Centre
Marcus Holmberg
Oticon Medical AB
Alexander M. Huber
University of Zürich
Herman Jenkins
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Roulla Katiri
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Kiana Kheirkhah
Radboud University
Assen Koitschev
Klinikum Stuttgart
Martin Kompis
University Hospital of Bern
Cris Lanting
Radboud University
Luis Lassaletta
CIBER - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red
La Paz University Hospital
Bob Lerut
AZ Sint-Jan
Rudolf Leuwer
HELIOS Kliniken GmbH
Thomas Linder
Lucerne Cantonal Hospital
Hubert Loewenheim
University of Tübingen
Lawrence Lustig
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia University
Rishi Mandavia
Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital
Manuel Manrique
University of Navarra
Jorge Humberto Martins
University of Coimbra
Griet Mertens
University of Antwerp
Robert Mlynski
University of Rostock
Hamidreza Mojallal
MED-EL
Simonetta Monini
Sapienza University of Rome
Peter Monksfield
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Alexander Mueller
Vivantes Clinic in Friedrichshain
Emmanuel Mylanus
Radboud University
Hideko Nakajima
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Harvard Medical School
Marcus Neudert
Technische Universität Dresden
Erwin Offeciers
Sint-Augustinus Hospital
Flurin Pfiffner
University Hospital of Zürich
Markus Pietsch
HELIOS Kliniken GmbH
Stefan K. Plontke
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Nils Prenzler
Hannover Medical School (MHH)
Milan Profant
University Hospital Bratislava
Tors-ten Rahne
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Gunesh Rajan
Lucerne Cantonal Hospital
Anna Ratuszniak
World Hearing Center
Stefan Raufer
Hannover Medical School (MHH)
Jaydip Ray
University of Sheffield
Sabine Reinfeldt
Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering
Christof Roosli
University Hospital of Zürich
Tove Rosenbom
Oticon
Rolf Salcher
Hannover Medical School (MHH)
Matthias Schoenermark
SKC Beratungsgesellschaft
Burkard Schwab
HELIOS Kliniken GmbH
Henryk Skarzynski
World Hearing Center
Piotr H. Skarkynski
World Hearing Center
Hillary Snapp
University of Miami
Georg Sprinzl
University Hospital St. Pölten
Michael Spearman
Ototronix LLC
Stefan Stenfelt
Linköping University
Christof Stieger
University Hospital Basel
Stephane Tringali
Université de Lyon
Eric Truy
Lyon University Hospital
James Tysome
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Paul Van de Heyning
University of Antwerp
Nicolas Verhaert
KU Leuven
Thomas Wesarg
Universitats Klinikum Freiburg und Medizinische Fakultat
Patrik Westerkull
Otorix AB
Barbara Wollenberg
Technical University of Munich
Thomas Zahnert
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
Andrzej Zarowski
Sint-Augustinus Hospital
Ad Snik
Radboud University
Otology and Neurotology
1531-7129 (ISSN) 1537-4505 (eISSN)
Vol. 43 5 513-529Subject Categories
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Other Health Sciences
Otorhinolaryngology
DOI
10.1097/MAO.0000000000003491
PubMed
35383700