Magnetic ossicular replacement prosthesis

Details Magnetic ossicular replacement prosthesis Magnetic ossicular replacement prosthesis

1987-05-15

1989-04-04

Jaworski, Francis

Surgery

Truss

Pad

623 10, A61N 100, H05G 100

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048176079

ABSTRACT:
An ossicular replacement prosthesis containing a magnet in the head of the prosthesis so that when used with a magnetic induction hearing aid having a coil producing a magnetic field, the hearing losses resulting from insertion of the prosthesis and any other remaining hearing losses can be corrected without the difficulties associated with conventional acoustic hearing aids.

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