Which is the next step in your research?
– In our multicenter clinical study of the Bone Conducting Implant (BCI), we have 16 patients with hearing impairment, who have had the implant between nearly two and six years now. In extensive measurements, we are following up their performance in for example audiometric and electrical transmission tests, and we are now in the middle of several three-year and five-year visits. There are still areas involving these patients to be investigated, for example in directional hearing. Are there differences between different types of bone conduction devices? Also, could the attachment and size of the implant affect the outcome? In an adjacent field, which we are now moving into, bone conduction can be used to diagnose dizziness.