What are a BAHA and Transear?

[cherrypiper]

ok Phyl and folks i saw your answers to this one. i gotta question?

they have shown me the BAHA and we went thru it. But i am only 5 months from my AN , still no movement of face,no nerve tingling,  eye  is kinda out of focus, etc etc. And Dr's said this may take 4 to 6 months to recover. others in here seem to say 9 months to a year.

They said its simple  we went thru the procedure. would having it , the BAHA , done need some standard waiting period after an AN before another similar surgery?

or is it better to just get' er done in the vernacular???

[Joef]

I dont think there is a waiting period after the AN surgery ... I had mine done at the same time as the AN surgery ! it would be your doctors call ....

[lori67]

I had my BAHA surgery 9 months after my AN surgery.  My doctor wanted to wait until at least 6 months post-op to do it, but I've heard of people getting the implant sooner. I guess it all depends on how well you are healed after your AN surgery, and once again, it seems to depend on the doctor, too.

Lori

[leapyrtwins]

Like Joef and Lori, I say ask your doctor.

My doc told me I could do the demo as soon as my head was healed from my AN surgery.  I had surgery 5/31 and tried the demo in early September - I could have probably done it a little sooner, but I was busy with work, life, etc.

I just loved the demo and told the doc I'd like to go ahead with the surgery.  He told me we should start on the paperwork right away since in his experience it usually takes 4-6 weeks for insurance to approve it.  In my case, I ran into some hassles with my insurance company, so it took them much longer to approve the procedure and the device.  I ended up having my surgery on 3/4/08.

Jan