Bone Anchored Hearing Aid - Manufacturers

Manufacturers

At present there are two device brands available from Cochlear BAS and Oticon Medical. The vibrator is basically the same and the differences are mainly in the design and in some of the features of sound processing.

Cochlear markets the Baha 3 System and Oticon markets the Ponto Pro and Ponto Power brand receivers. Both manufacturer's units attach onto the titanium abutment and act as receivers sending sound through the implant to the skull and to the inner ear. The two brands are distinguished from each other easily by appearance as the Baha 3 BP100 is rectangular and the Ponto is teardrop shaped. Cochlear has registered the name Baha as a trademark .

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