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Article: New hearing loss in children research from Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud outlined.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- May 19, 2008
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Research findings, 'Fully implantable hearing device as a new treatment of conductive hearing loss in Franceschetti syndrome,' are discussed in a new report. "The objective is to investigate a new therapeutic option for treatment of conductive hearing loss in children with Franceschetti syndrome. A Carina fully implantable device with the MET V transducer for conductive applications was implanted in a 14-year-old male suffering from bilateral conductive hearing loss (mean PTA loss: 70 dB on the right ear and 64 dB on the left ear) secondary to Franceschetti (a.k.a Treacher Collins) syndrome with bilateral agenesis of external ear canal and ossicular malformation," ...