Talk:Bone Anchored Hearing Aid
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Added a couple of minor additions. Cannot independently confirm implant age of 5 by FDA though.
Can someone verify those early Canadian surgery dates? They seem awfully early to us, as our son who just turn 4 is still waiting to get a BAHA. The hospital tells us the skull thickness needs to be enough to permit proper anchoring of the anchor. I don't see how a 13 or 22 month old toddler's skull could possibly be thick enough, given our current situation.
feel free to email dripool-at-gmail.com and I will forward you to pictures of my 22 month old with her Divino in place. Skull thinkness is obviously important - thats why the surgeon does it in 2 stages. If I remember correctly, skull thickness was 3mm at 13 months old. visit the yahoo group linked in listings to follow other kids with Baha early. Surgeon is Blake Papsin at Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Links in article. Good luck - The hassles are worth it, our daughter is thriving with the BAHA
Reverted edits from minor vandilsm to page from "Calum" --Dripool 01:23, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Re-uploaded images from Cochlear is wikipedia copyright nazi apparently deleted them. Images are under fair use criteria, and are clearly stated so on Cochlear website.
[edit] Reads like an advertisement
I can't put my finger on exactly what's causing it to read like an advertisement, but the vibe that I got while reading through it is that it's trying to pitch the product. Thus why I added the tag. It just seems like a product pitch to me... SchuminWeb (Talk) 14:35, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
--Removing advertising tag.
Who exactly do you think it is advertising to? It is the only product available to microtia patients to allow hearing. Cochlear unfortunately is the only manufacturer of this product, and it would be great if there were additional manufacturers of a bone anchored implant. My daughters BAHA breaks every 30 days, and costs$500 to repair. The surgery, if not covered is 10-20,000$. The page has existed in its basic current format for a year or so. If it looks like advertising to you, then please rewrite, rather than tagging.--Dripool 23:31, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- BAHA is a registered trademark, so where possible references should be replaced with "bone anchored hearing aid". That way it is less likely to be construed as advertising. Pgr94 10:13, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Images
Images are from Cochlears website, and are stated as allowable for use for non - commercial use. Images are important in showing what this thing is to people who can be helped by this device. Do I need to upload pictures of my 18 month old's surgery to make it not look like an ad to you?--Dripool 23:31, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Replace Entific with Cochlear Corporation?
The acquisition of Entific is no longer recent (4th March 2005). Should references to Entific be replaced with Cochlear Corporation? Pgr94 10:17, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
