If you or your child has just started to wear a bone-anchored hearing aid on a headband or softband, you’ll probably have lots of questions and you may be wondering whether or not you can use one of our headbands with the Oticon Ponto system.
In this blog, we’ll answer the question “Can our BAHA headbands be used with Oticon Ponto?” and we’ll take a closer look at what you need to know about choosing a BAHA headband.
What is the Oticon Ponto System?
A bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA) is an ideal solution for hearing loss due to problems with the outer or middle ear. Because a BAHA bypasses these, transmitting sound directly into your inner ear, it provides an alternative to traditional hearing aids.
Oticon Ponto is one of the most popular types of bone conduction hearing systems. The processor transmits vibrations through the large bones in the skull to the cochlear where they can be converted to sound. As with any other type of BAHA, you can also wear the Oticon Ponto processor on a headband (or softband) without needing to have the implant surgically fitted.
Wearing your Oticon Ponto on a headband allows you to try out whether a BAHA is for you, without having a surgical procedure and also means babies and young children can experience hearing sounds before they’re old enough to undergo the surgery. Some children and adults may not want to have the implant fitted or might not be suitable candidates for the surgery, in which case they may choose to wear their Oticon Ponto BAHA on a headband permanently.
Choosing a BAHA Headband
At BAHA Accessories, our headbands can be used with all the major brands of bone anchored hearing aids, including Oticon Ponto, Cochlear BAHA and Medel Adhear.
Our headbands can also be used with the BHM Contact Mini, however in this case you will require the connector plates from the manufacturer’s headband. For more information about this type of BAHA, please see our blog, How to Fit a BHM Compact Mini Headband.
All of our headbands are fully adjustable to fit any size of head from tiny babies to fully-grown adults and come with a non-slip silicone strip on the underside of the headband to ensure it stays securely in place. Both single and bilateral headbands are available.
To connect your BAHA processor to your headband, you’ll need to make a one-off purchase of a button connector, which can then be used interchangeably with any of our headbands to attach your Oticon Ponto processor.
Get In Touch
We hope this blog has answered the question, “Can our headbands be used with Oticon Ponto?” If you have any other questions about our BAHA headbands and accessories, don’t hesitate to get in touch and we’ll do our best to help.
We’re also more than happy to talk you through our various products and designs and their different functions to make sure that they’re the right choice for you. Get in touch today by calling us on 07432 620644 or drop us an email at sales@bahaaccessoriesuk.com. You can also contact us online. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!