The Vibrant Soundbridge: A Global Overview

The Vibrant Soundbridge is a semi-implantable, active middle ear implant that is a safe and effective treatment for patients with sensorineural hearing loss. Since Food and Drug Administration approval for this indication, many international investigators have expanded its use for conductive and mix...

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Published inOtolaryngologic clinics of North America Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 285 - 295
Main Author Maw, Jennifer
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.2019
Subjects
Audiometry, Pure-Tone
Auditory Threshold
Hearing Aids
Hearing Loss, Conductive - surgery
Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural - surgery
Humans
Ossicular Prosthesis
Prosthesis Design
Treatment Outcome
United States
United States
Vibrant Soundbridge
Implantable hearing device
Surgical treatment of hearing loss
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Summary:The Vibrant Soundbridge is a semi-implantable, active middle ear implant that is a safe and effective treatment for patients with sensorineural hearing loss. Since Food and Drug Administration approval for this indication, many international investigators have expanded its use for conductive and mixed hearing losses. This article reviews the author's experience and the international uses of this versatile device.
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ISSN:1557-8259
DOI:10.1016/j.otc.2018.11.007