The red marking shows bone conduction from one's own voice and from an implanted vibrator. The blue marking shows air conduction from one's own voice. (Credit: Image courtesy of The Swedish Research Council)
ScienceDaily (July 9, 2009) — New technology to hear vibrations through the skull bone has been developed at Chalmers University of Technology. Besides investigating the function of a new implantable bone conduction hearing aid, Sabine Reinfeldt has studied the sensitivity for bone conducted sound and also examined the possibilities for a two-way communication system that is utilizing bone conduction in noisy environments.
A new Bone Conduction Implant (BCI) hearing system was investigated by Sabine Reinfeldt. "This hearing aid does not require a permanent skin penetration, in contrast to the Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHAs) used today," she said.
Measurements showed that the new BCI hearing system can be a realistic alternative to the BAHA.
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