BAHA processor in patients with single-sided deafness
Project goals
BAHA implant methodology is proven safe and effective method, being used by over 50.000 patients worldwide. This is the only way of hearing rehabilitation in patients with a single sided deafness, disregarding the aetiology. The uniqueness of the BAHA system in patients with a single sided deafness consists in a transformation of sound to vibrations transmitted straight to the skull bones and than by a bone conduction into the contralateral inner ear. The project targeted to patients with a single sided deafness is aiming to a hypothesis of a rehabilitation of a binaural hearing in such patients, verification of a better understanding in a noisy environment and a resulting increase of a quality of life after BAHA implantation. Similar study on a new generation of a BAHA processor has not been published yet.
Keywords
Bone-anchored hearing aidSingle-Sided DeafnessSound localization measurementSpeech perception in noisePost-intervention outcome meas
Public support
Provider
Ministry of Health
Programme
Ministry of Health?s Departmental Research and Development Programme III
Call for proposals
VaV pro Ministerstvo zdravotnictví III 1 (SMZ0201001)
Main participants
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Contest type
VS - Public tender
Contract ID
NT11543-6/2010
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
BAHA procesor u pacientů s jednostrannou hluchotou
Annotation in Czech
Použití BAHA implantátu je prokazatelně bezpečná a efektivní metoda, využívaná celosvětově více než 50 tisíci pacienty. U pacientů s jednostrannou hluchotou, nezávisle na etiologii, skýtá jedinou možnost rehabilitace sluchu. Unikátnost BAHA systému u pacientů s jednostrannou hluchotou spočívá v transformaci zvuku na vibrace přenášené přímo na kost lebky a kostním vedení přenášené do druhostranného, tedy nepostiženého, vnitřního ucha. Tento projekt zaměřený na skupinu pacientů s jednostrannou hluchotou si klade za cíl potvrdit či vyvrátit u této skupiny pacientů možnost rehabilitace binaurálního slyšení, ověřit zlepšení rozumění v hlučném prostředí a ověřit zlepšení kvality života po BAHA implantaci. Obdobná studie využívající novou generaci BAHA procesoru nebyla dosud publikována.
Scientific branches
R&D category
NV - Nonindustrial research (Applied research excluded Industrial research)
CEP classification - main branch
FF - ENT (ie. ear, nose, throat), ophthalmology, dentistry
CEP - secondary branch
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CEP - another secondary branch
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30206 - Otorhinolaryngology
30207 - Ophthalmology
30208 - Dentistry, oral surgery and medicine
Completed project evaluation
Provider evaluation
U - Uspěl podle zadání (s publikovanými či patentovanými výsledky atd.)
Project results evaluation
BAHA is suitable possibility of rehabilitation od SSD patients. After the surgery the discrimination in a noise is better, in spite a hearing is pseudobinaural. HINT testing and subjective questionnaire evaluation show a positive effect.
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Sep 1, 2010
Realization period - end
Dec 31, 2015
Project status
U - Finished project
Latest support payment
Mar 20, 2015
Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP16-MZ0-NT-U/02:1
Data delivery date
Dec 19, 2016
Finance
Total approved costs
8,652 thou. CZK
Public financial support
8,652 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK
Basic information
Recognised costs
8 652 CZK thou.
Public support
8 652 CZK thou.
100%
Provider
Ministry of Health
CEP
FF - ENT (ie. ear, nose, throat), ophthalmology, dentistry
Solution period
01. 09. 2010 - 31. 12. 2015