It is the same indications for children as well as adults, ie conductive or mixed hearing loss or single-sided deafness (SSD). Many more children and young people would probably be able to hear with bone anchored hearing aids if parents received information about this possibility to hear.

Bone Anchored Hearing Aids can be an Opportunity for Children with:

•  Treacher Collins Syndrome

•  Goldenhaar Syndrome

•  Down Syndrom

•  absence of ear canals, and with malformation in the middle ear/outer ear

•  hearing loss due to chronic otitis

Estimated amount of 600 children and adolescents up to 18 years hear with bone anchored hearing aids, BAHA in Sweden. (2010)

If you believe that BAHA can help your child, do not hesitate to contact a local ENT doctor (ear, nose and throat) to discuss BAHA as a possible treatment for your child. It is important to know the approach between the first contact with an ENT doctor for possible fitting/surgery with BAHA. Keep up to date!