Non-traditional Hearing Aids

Question 1

What are three examples of non-traditional hearing aids?

Answer 1

BAHA, CROS Hearing Aids, and Middle Ear Implants

Question 2

What person would be a good candidate for a CROS hearing aid?

Answer 2

a person who prefers to not turn their head to hear sounds, because one of their ears is not functional.

Question 3

In Bi-CROS hearing aids, the “good” ear receives ____ sound because it has some degree of hearing loss.

Answer 3

amplified

Question 4

BAHA stands for

Answer 4

Bone anchored hearing aids

Question 5

What non-traditional HAs require surgery prior to putting them on patients?

Answer 5

BAHA and middle ear implantable HAs

Question 6

What person would be a good candidate for BAHA?

Answer 6

a person w/ conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss, or deafness in one ear

Question 7

What are the two types of BAHA?

Answer 7

BAHA connect and BAHA attract

Question 8

Which type of BAHA is more powerful and thus used by people with severe hearing loss?

Answer 8

BAHA connect

Question 9

Which type of BAHA is safer because there is no open skin?

Answer 9

BAHA attract

Question 10

What age can the BAHA be put into a person?

Answer 10

5 years old

Question 11

Which non-traditional HA is not covered by insurance?

Answer 11

middle ear implantable

Question 12

Which non-traditional HA is covered by insurance?

Answer 12

BAHA

Question 13

Who is eligible to get the middle ear implantable HA?

Answer 13

18 y/o or older or has severe sensorineural hearing loss