A refined version of suture free, painless, minimally invasive bone anchored hearing surgery going to bring new hope for children born with a hearing impairment. A process widely performed in Europe is now set to get global. The prevalence of deafness in India is fairly significant. It is the second most common cause of disability. Approximately 63 million people (6.3%) in India suffer from the significant auditory loss.
Hearing impairment in children can be either acquired or congenital. The global incidence of congenital permanent hearing loss is 1.5 to 6 per 1000 live births. A Recent study done in India reported child hearing impairment be 5.6 per 1000 live birth. There are children ranging from toddlers to teenagers who are suffering from this impairment and also facing socio-behavioral issues regarding their impairment. A new surgical procedure may relieve them from this stigma…
