Longterm results of residual hearing in cochlea implantation with a mid-scala electrode array
Year: 2018
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Introduction: Patients with residual hearing benefit from a postoperative hearing preservation after cochlea implantation. Preservation of residual hearing during CI-surgery depends on several factors. A major factor is the specific electrode design. It is the aim of the study to analyse the long term results of preservation of residual hearing of pre- and postoperative pure tone audiometry in midscala-cochlear-implant supply in this patients. Methods: Pure tone audiometry was conducted in patients with residual hearing, who where supplied with a midscala-cochlear-implant (Advanced bionics HiFocus MidScala) in a monocentric setting between 10/2014 and 11/2015. The results of the pre- and postoperative pure tone audiometry as well as two and three years after CI-adjustment were compared. Results: In the majority of the patients, a residual hearing preservation could be shown after CI-implantation. In the majority of these patients in the long term period the resiudal hearing was preserved. Conclusion: The results of this study show that a good postoperative preservation, as well as a good long term preservation of residual hearing can be achieved by midscala-cochlear implantation. Publication History Publication Date: 18 April 2018 (online) © 2018. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial-License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Source: Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie
Authors: L Decker, P Mittmann, RO Seidl, J Wagner, S Scholz, A Ernst
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2883737798