Osia hearing implant a game-changer for children
For the first time since her birth, the Cranbrook Grade six student could hear everything.Shortly before lunch, Lila had a new hearing aid switched on at B.C. Children’s Hospital. The Osia bone-conduction device was implanted just below her left ear in June, and on Wednesday morning connected by magnet to a small external transducer. Lila will now be able to pick up much more in the spectrum of complex soundscapes.
“It was very hard to hear people before, especially in my classroom,” said Lila who was born with microtia and ear canal atresia on the left side. The congenital abnormality creates “conductive” hearing loss, meaning that sound doesn’t conduct through the ear correctly. And because the outer part of the ear isn’t fully developed, she couldn’t wear a conventional hearing aid or use earphones.
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