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2018年8月15日—Hearingviaboneconductionisaphenomenonthathasbeenrecognizedandexploredformillenia....Forcaseswhereanair-conductionhearingaidisnottheoptimal...Thecomplicationratesforsuchsystemsarehigh.

By Amanda T. O’Donnell, AuD

Hearing via bone conduction is a phenomenon that has been recognized and explored for millenia. In more recent centuries, a better understanding of bone conduction hearing, and its use in differential diagnosis and treatment of certain types of hearing loss has emerged.

In 1551, Girolamo Cardano, an Italian physician, philosopher, and mathematician, wrote about how sound may be transmitted to the ear by means of a rod or the shaft of a spear held between one’s teeth.1 In 1603, Hieronymus Capivacci catapulted bone conduction heari...