Resonance Frequency Analysis Identifies Implant- and Host-Related Factors Associated With Bone-Anchored Hearing Implant Stability

∗Research Centre, Shriners Hospital for Children–Canada

†Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

‡Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

§Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences

∥School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Bettina M. Willie, Ph.D., Shriners Hospitals for Children–Canada, 1003 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, H4A 0A9, Canada; E-mail: [email protected]

Author contributions: Conceptualization: B.M.W., S.J.D.; Data Acquisition: A.Be., A.Bo., M.R., E.Z., S.S., M.S.; Data Analysis: A.Be., E.Z., N.M., B.M.W.; Visualization: N.M.; Drafting of Manuscript: A.Be., N.M., B.M.W. All authors contributed to the critical revision and approval of the final manuscript.

Sources of support and disclosure of funding: This study was funded by the Shriners Hospitals for Children, FRQS Programme de bourses de chercheur (B.M.W. and M.R.), McGill Otolaryngology Sciences Laboratory, and NSERC—Alexandre Graham Bell training scholarship (A.Be.).

The authors disclose no conflicts of interest.

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