Abutment-free bone anchored hearing

For years, a subset of the hearing impaired were not accounted for: those with conductive hearing loss (outer or middle ear); mixed hearing loss (both middle and inner ear); and single-sided, sensorineural deafness (total deafness in one ear). Bone anchored hearing devices, a solution first introduced in Europe, provided a new option for over 100,000 adults and children.

Despite significant upgrades to the quality of sound processors, traditional bone anchored hearing aids continue to be affixed to an abutment screwed into the skull that permanently protrudes percutaneously (through the skin). That is until now.

Introducing the Alpha 1 Hearing System, a new solution to abutment-free bone anchored hearing.

Bone Anchored Hearing Products

Sophono, Inc. has developed the world’s first abutment free, implantable bone anchored hearing device. The Alpha 1 System eliminates the problematic abutment of other devices by using magnets to securely affix the external sound processor to a titanium implant.

The Alpha 1 (S), which functions without an implant, is an external sound processor used with a soft band or a headband for those not ready to commit to surgery, or for patients under 5 years old. The Alpha 1(M) is an implantable device. Your audiologist or doctor can help you choose the right components for you.