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hi my ent doc wants me to get a implant for single sided deafness and he brought up to implants the baha and the ponto doz anyone have any advice or anything


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Only thing I remember giving Ponto a leg up is that the implant(abutment) for the Ponto can hold both the Ponto processor AND the Cochlear processor. Whereas the Cochlear implant(abutment) can only hold the Cochlear processor. This leaves you with no option of switching processors in the future should the other company come out with better technology.
 
Isn't ponto made by oticon?

I am confused as to why someone who qualifies for a BAHA would qualify for or even need a cochlear implant.
BAHAs help conductive hearing loss. They are generally very effective.
Cochlear implants help people with sensironeural hearing loss. They have VERY mixed success.
Maybe you mean the BAHA made by Cochlear? (Cochlear Baha Bone Conduction Implants)


Because by definition, if a person can be helped by a BAHA, a cochlear implant is NOT an option.
 
Cochlear the manufacturer also makes a BAHA, that's what is being talked about here, Cochlear BAHA or Ponto BAHA. He wants to know more about both Cochlear's and Ponto's BAHAs
 
yes i was wondering about both bahas like which ones better my ent said i could get one because i have single sided deafness and cant use a hearing aid anymore


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kevin nelson said:
yes i was wondering about both bahas like which ones better my ent said i could get one because i have single sided deafness and cant use a hearing aid anymore


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Since the Ponto abutment is compatible with both BAHAs ... I'd go with that. I've also hear a lot of excellent things about the Pontos (for what it's worth).
 
cdmeggers said:
Cochlear the manufacturer also makes a BAHA, that's what is being talked about here, Cochlear BAHA or Ponto BAHA. He wants to know more about both Cochlear's and Ponto's BAHAs
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ecp said:
Isn't ponto made by oticon?

I am confused as to why someone who qualifies for a BAHA would qualify for or even need a cochlear implant.
BAHAs help conductive hearing loss. They are generally very effective.
Cochlear implants help people with sensironeural hearing loss. They have VERY mixed success.
Maybe you mean the BAHA made by Cochlear? (Cochlear Baha Bone Conduction Implants)


Because by definition, if a person can be helped by a BAHA, a cochlear implant is NOT an option.
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In addition to what cdmeggars said above, you CAN qualify for both a BAHA and a CI simultaneously. I do. Part of my loss is conductive, the rest of it is sensorial. I was offered both and chose to go with a CI. My testing starts Friday.
 
ok just got out of audio doc and had a hearing test done they did both audio and bone conduction test and non would work what options are out there now if bone conduction dont work


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yep i couldnt hear anything with both the bone conduction and regular test in my one ear


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Even if you couldn't hear anything, BAHA are used to help people with single sides deafness by using the BAHA on the dead side and then it would vibrate the sounds to the good ear.

This only happens if you do have single sided deafness, I'm not sure what you have :)
 
kevin nelson said:
i have single sided deafness


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It doesn't matter if you heard nothing in your bad ear as for a BAHA you need the good ear to be functioning to get a BAHA. The BAHA would be placed on your dead ear side and the sounds will vibrate to the good ear.

It's to allow you to get access to sounds on your deaf side.
 
i would love to get one but its alot of money and insurance doznt pay for it i dont think


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Aetna covers the BAHA if you're interested in buying a temp policy. I know some people have done that for CI's.
 
BAHA devices

Kevin:
I can help you a lot if you want to really get into this. I was struck deaf on the left side in 2009 by doctor's mistake. As you can imagine I was not only insanely upset but had real work challenges....as a Sales Manager who must interact with people daily. After exhausting every other option I pursued a baha.

My story is long and detailed but I can answer all your questions about bahas plus about insurance if we can talk....on email or better still on the phone. I am an advocate for bahas, and have advised or counseled about two people like us per month since July of 2010 when I was activated. I participate in a number of user groups in person and more on-line and have been privileged to participate in two national user group meetings with Oticon users where I've told my story and shared information with users and prospective users.

See my story on Oticon medical USA's web site...this will give you a lot of information. I believe it is The Ponto Bone Anchored Hearing System. Then please call or e-mail or and we can discuss specifics.

Iv'e been where you are and found a solution and have made a commitment to help as many people like me as I can.

hjbuter@sbcglobal.net
 
Not a hearing aid

The first thing this site needs to understand is that baha's are not hearing aids and you won't find them on Oticon's hearing aid sites.

A bone anchored hearing appliance is an external sound processor that attaches to and implanted titanium post anchored in your skull just behind your ear. This makes it a prosthesis. The receiver sends sound to the post and it carries it through your skull to your good ear. Hearing aids go in or behind your ear to provide more volume to an ear that is weakening for some reason. For most baha patients that's a total waste because they have little or no use of their bad ear because they are rated as profoundly deaf....that means they hear nothing. The importance is that insurance often does not pay for hearing aids but does pay for prostheses. This is a key point to getting coverage.

Surgery is now a simple one hour process that requires 60-to-90 days of healing before the the receiver can be used. Formerly a large portion of hair had to be shaved and a large incision used but most reputable surgeons now use an surgical style that removes only a quarter sized bit of hair and an inch long incision.

If you want to know much more and read my story....... go to The Ponto Bone Anchored Hearing System. I gave them pictures right after the surgery and six months later after I was using the receiver and as you will see the receiver can easily be hidden in your hair, if you want, as I did.
 
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