To identify audiological and clinical factors associated with bone-anchored hearing aid (Baha) adoption following preoperative trial use.
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Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
Audiologists and surgeons can use pre-trial audiological profiles and clinical characteristics identified in this study to better counsel Baha candidates on their likelihood of proceeding to implantation, though retrospective design limits causal conclusions.
Improving prediction of Baha adoption after trial use can reduce unnecessary surgical procedures and help clinics allocate trial resources more efficiently.
- 01Retrospective study identified audiological and clinical factors linked to Baha adoption after preoperative trial.
- 02Trial use periods are a standard step before bone-anchored hearing aid surgery.
- 03Findings could help audiologists better select and counsel candidates pre-trial.
- 04Retrospective design limits the strength of causal conclusions.
- 05Published in Auris Nasus Larynx — a peer-reviewed ENT journal.
Specific audiological and clinical factors are associated with whether patients adopt a bone-anchored hearing aid following preoperative trial use.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42994286
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.anl.2026.10.010.
- Journal
- Auris Nasus Larynx
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Patients who underwent a preoperative bone-anchored hearing aid trial
- Intervention
- Preoperative Baha trial use
- Comparator
- Patients who did not adopt Baha after trial
Primary outcomes
Baha adoption rate; Audiological and clinical predictors of adoption