Dr. Willcox Discusses BAHA Implant for Single-Sided Deafness to KYW Newsradio, FOX 29
While cochlear implants can restore hearing in both ears, the Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) can help people with hearing loss in just one ear.
Twenty-one-year-old Kayla Alshouse lost her hearing in her right ear 13 years ago. Now, with the help of the BAHA implant, Kayla is able to hear again.
In a FOX 29 interview, Kayla expresses her joy about being able to hear again from both ears.
In a KYW Newsradio interview, Dr. Thomas Willcox of the Department of Otolaryngology at Jefferson says that breakthroughs like the BAHA are part of a new era in which patients may no longer simply have to accept hearing loss.
Read the KYW "Area Woman Gets Full Hearing Back with Pioneering Technology" story.
Publication: KYW Newsradio
Published: 10/25/2011