Patient Receives Innovative New Hearing Implant

A patient from Edinburgh has become the first person in the UK to receive a breakthrough procedure to treat hearing loss. NHS Lothian carried out the first specialist Bonebridge implant in December 2012 at the Lauriston Building in Edinburgh. The innovative device is fitted within the ear and is used when a patient is unable to have a conventional external hearing aid fitted. Alex Bennett, an Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant for NHS Lothian performed the procedure on patient, Brian Hogg... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..