Bone Conduction Hearing

  Sherin (name changed) came to us at the age of 1year with Bilateral Anotia. Parents were worried about her hearing loss as most of the time until it is very loud, she tends to not hear the sounds around her. Her cute smiling face was based upon the facial expressions she could comprehend. After doing Bone Conduction ABR we found her to have Normal hearing through Bone Conduction. Which brought comfort at the face professional, which advised not to worry as we can bring her hearing back to Normal and she will be able to hear sounds, respond, and develop like a Normal Hearing Child. This brought comfort and smile to the face of parents. Both parents were counseled extensively about hearing, hearing pathways, and solutions available. As at the age of 1year surgery was not an option, we decided to opt for BHM Contact Mini Soft Band Bilateral Bone Conduction Device.  That brought some hope to the parents, as for both parents it was a nightmare to run from pillar to post, and were to

 The term Bone Conduction Hearing is being widely used now, whenever we hear this, we understand it by the name the transmission of sound through bones. Let's try to understand the term from a wider perspective on how it works, causes, how it affects the life of individuals, and the solution to it. In the first blog we will be covering an overview of it, but later will go into extensive details. Ear as organ if the hearing is divided into three regions: a) Outer Ear (works as a collector of sound) b) Middle Ear (works as a transmitter of sound) c) Inner Ear (works as a sensor to sounds, changes the sound from acoustic to electric) Normally the sound is collected by Pinna which through the internal auditory canal before transmitting the sound to the eardrum the collective effect of the head, pinna, and the ear canal is that the sounds are amplified by 10 to 15dB in 2000 to 4000Hz region. As the sensitivity to the sound is highest in this frequency region. The eardrum works as a wall