Evaluating the effectiveness and reliability of the Vibrant Soundbridge and Bonebridge auditory implants in clinical practice: Study design and methods for a multi-centre longitudinal observational study

Background: The Vibrant Soundbridge middle ear implant and the Bonebridge bone conducting hearing device are hearing implants that use radio frequency transmission to send information from the sound processor to the internal transducer. This reduces the risk of skin problems and infection but requir...

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Main Authors: Deborah Vickers, Angela Canas, Aneeka Degun, John Briggs, Mina Bingham, Joseph Toner, Huw Cooper, Sarah Rogers, Stacey Cooper, Richard Irving, Patrick Spielman, Samantha Batty, Stephen Jones, Abi Asher, Mark Chung, Neil Donnelly, Anna Skibinska, Robert Gardner, Chris Raine, Rachel Andrew, Kevin Green, Hashmat Ghulam, Terry Nunn, Dan Jiang, Severin Fürhapter, Michael Urban, Kate Hanvey, Sarah Flynn, David Lovegrove, Shakeel Saeed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451865417301370