Explore the Candidate brochure
The BAHS Candidate brochure provides useful information about what you need to know regarding bone anchored hearing and how it can benefit you.
Find out if you’re a candidate
Both adults and children can be fitted with a BAHS if they have conductive and mixed hearing losses, or if they have a unilateral profound hearing loss, also known as single-sided deafness (SSD). The secondary indication category includes people who have other physical characteristics or medical conditions that make wearing a conventional hearing aid impossible.
Children who are either too young to have an implant or have a temporary hearing problem can wear the sound processor with a softband. This is a flexible and adjustable band available to fit different head sizes.
A bone conduction hearing implant can be successfully used by adults and children* with:
- Conductive hearing loss
- Sensorineural hearing loss
- Mixed hearing loss
- Single-sided deafness
- Ear canal and middle ear problems
- Malformations of the outer ear, such as atresia and microtia
- Hearing loss caused by chronic ear infections
*In the US, Canada, and Singapore, the placement of a bone anchored implant is contraindicated in children below the age of five.
Find your local clinic
To find out whether a BAHS is the right solution for you, speak to your audiologist and doctor. They will test your hearing to see whether you are a suitable candidate. If so, you may be able to try out a Ponto™ 5 sound processor to experience this way of hearing and to help you decide about a BAHS. Let us help you find the right clinic.