Abbreviations
‘AB-gap’: gap between the air- and bone-conduction thresholds
AI: Audibility Index
‘BCD’: Bone-conduction device (general term)
‘iBCD’: implantable ‘BCD’
‘pBCD’: percutaneous ‘BCD’
‘tBCD’: transcutaneous ‘BCD’
BTE: Behind-The-Ear device (or air-conduction device)
CHL: conductive hearing loss
CI: Cochlear Implant
CSOM: Chronic Supprative Otitis Media
DR: dynamic range of hearing
DSL rule: hearing-aid fitting-rule developed by Scollie et al (2005)
FMT: ‘Floating-Mass’ Transducer
ILD: Interaural Loudness Difference
ITD: Interaural Time Difference
LDL: Loudness-Discomfort-Level
MCL: Most Comfortable Listening level
MPO: Maximum (Power) Output
MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NAL rule: hearing-aid fitting-rule developed by Dillon and co-workers (Dillon 2012)
OME: Otitis Media with Effusion
PTA: Pure Tone Average
PTAbc Pure Tone Average for bone-conduction
s.d.: standard deviation
SII: speech intelligibility index
SNHLc: Sensorineural Hearing Loss component
SRT: speech reception threshold
VSB: VibrantSoundbridge
WDRC: wide-band dynamic-range compression
WRS: word recognition score
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