Thread: ABR Test?
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Unread 07-15-2012, 10:28 PM   #20 (permalink)
AMazieLN
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I actually found some information online from my insurance company. It states which BAHA you will be fitted with, based on your BONE conduction tests. This is a copy and paste:

  1. Unilateral implant: Conductive or mixed (conductive and sensorineural) hearing loss with pure tone average bone conduction threshold (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz) less than or equal to 45 dB HL (BAHA Divino, BAHA BP100), 55 dB HL (BAHA Intenso) or 65 dB HL (BAHA Cordelle II).
  2. Bilateral implant: Moderate to severe bilateral symmetric conductive or mixed (conductive and sensorineural) hearing loss, meeting above-listed bone conduction thresholds in both ears. Symmetric bone conduction threshold is defined as less than:
    1. 10 dB average (measured at 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 kHz) or less than 15 dB at individual frequencies (BAHA Divino, BAHA BP100); or
    2. 10 dB average difference between ears (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz), or less than a 15 dB difference at individual frequencies (BAHA Cordelle II, BAHA Intenso).
So I won't know which one I'll be fitted with until I get bone conduction results for my left ear. My Audi didn't test that ear for bone conduction for some reason.
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