Dental implants could serve as effective hearing aids

“People are likely to have natural teeth replaced with dental implants as they age. Therefore, a team of scientists at the Stomatological Hospital and Dental School of Tongji University in Shanghai, China wanted to test the feasibility of this technology by seeing how effective BC [bone conduction] could be for dental implants compared to natural teeth as a means of carrying sound for in-the-mouth hearing assistive devices.”    MORE WITH VIDEO

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