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Entific Medical Systems has launched a new Web site, www.entific.com offering an interactive environment for clinicians and patients. Designed to provide visitors with accurate, upto-date information, the Web site includes a public area that features Entific news, details on both the BAHA BAHA Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid (trademark of Entific Medical Systems AB, Gothenburg, Sweden)
BAHA British Activity Holiday Association
[R] and Face to Face[TM] Entific's two product lines, and contact information for every. Entific office across the globe, with a section devoted exclusively to the USA branch of Entific. Upon registration, members have access to product catalogs; can download pictures, publications, and video clips; and can search a database of experienced BAHA physicians.

The BAHA, Entific's implanted hearing device that works through direct bone conduction bone conduction
n.
The process by which sound waves are transmitted to the inner ear by the cranial bones without traveling through the air in the ear canal.
, is a safe and proven solution for people who have conductive hearing loss Conductive hearing loss
A type of medically treatable hearing loss in which the inner ear is usually normal, but there are specific problems in the middle or outer ears that prevent sound from getting to the inner ear in a normal way.
. Face to Face, Entific's facial rehabilitation system, is designed to improve the anchorage and cosmetic outcome of facial prosthesis prosthesis (prŏs`thĭsĭs): see artificial limb.
prosthesis

Artificial substitute for a missing part of the body, usually an arm or leg.
, using fixtures implanted in the bone as the basis for a bar to which a prosthetic prosĀ·thetĀ·ic
adj.
1. Serving as or relating to a prosthesis.

2. Of or relating to prosthetics.



prosthetic

serving as a substitute; pertaining to prostheses or to prosthetics.
 is attached.

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Publication:Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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Date:Apr 1, 2003
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