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Paediatric bone conduction hearing implants are a safe, well-tolerated and reliable method of hearing rehabilitation in chronic otitis media. Paediatric patients would be expected to grow; a higher volume of revision procedures, to address expected soft tissue problems, is expected in this cohort. The rate of traumatically-lost fixtures in our series mirrors data from the literature, with higher rates than in respective adult cohorts: this was especially evident in patients with learning disabilities. Bilateral bone conduction hearing implants were placed in just over half of all cases, reflecting changes the UK clinical commissioning guidelines during the period of review. Pre-operative counselling is essential for patients and parents to appreciate the impact of the relatively higher rate of revision procedures or traumatically-lost implants that are seen in children. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.