FDA Product Code NIX: Hearing Aid, Air Conduction, Transcutaneous System

The Transcutaneous Air Conduction Hearing Aid System Is A Wearable Sound-amplifying Device That Is Intended To Compensate For Impaired Hearing. It Consists Of An Air Conduction Hearing Aid Attached To A Surgically Fitted Tube System. The Tube Creates An Air Channel Through The Soft Tissue Between Outer Ear Canal And The Post-auricular Region Of The Pinna (ear). The Air Conduction Hearing Aid Attaches To The Post-auricular Opening Of The Tube, Thereby Transmiting Amplified Sound To The Ear Canal Without Occluding The Canal.

Leading manufacturers include Gyrus Ent LLC.