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Imaging of the Postoperative Ear and Temporal Bone

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The BAHA device is a hearing aid used in patients with conductive, mixed, or unilateral sensorineural hearing loss who cannot wear air-conducting hearing aids.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Daniel Thomas Ginat M.D., MS

  2. Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Gul Moonis M.D.

  3. Department of Radiology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA

    Gul Moonis M.D.

  4. Division of Head and Neck Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Suresh K. Mukherji M.D., FACR

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Ginat, D.T., Moonis, G., Mukherji, S.K. (2012). Imaging of the Postoperative Ear and Temporal Bone. In: Atlas of Postsurgical Neuroradiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15828-5_7

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