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Clinical applications of transcranial bone conduction attenuation in children
I Vanniasegaram1, J Bradley, S Bellman
1Department of Audiology, Hospital for Sick Children, London.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
It is a common belief that there is no significant transcranial attenuation across the skull by bone conduction (BC). In 32 children with proven unilateral sensorineural hearing loss the unmasked bone thresholds were measured on each side. There was a significant attenuation of BC at 4 kHz. Transcranial attenuation of BC at 4 kHz may explain the difference in sound perception between the two ears when bone conduction amplification is used. Further research should be undertaken to identify the better cochlea in mixed hearing losses.