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Conventional bone conduction hearing aid solutions often require a cumbersome retention system such as a headband or cap. This study aims to determine if a novel, nonsurgical bone conduction aid utilizing an adhesive attachment over the mastoid is equivalent to the conventional bone conduction hearing aid (BCHA) for the management of conductive hearing loss.

Prospective, single-subject randomized, crossover trial.

Tertiary referral center.

Eleven adults and 1 child between 11 and 70 years of age with unilateral conductive hearing loss were enrolled.

Patients had their baseline hearing assessed and were randomized to receive either the novel device or BCHA headband system. Hearing loss etiologies were varied and included cholesteatoma, otosclerosis, chronic otitis media, and previous head and ne...