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Biomaterials in cochlear implants [PDF]
Laryngo- rhino- otologie, 2009 The cochlear implant (CI) represents, for almost 25 years now, the gold standard in the treatment of children born deaf and for postlingually deafened adults. These devices thus constitute the greatest success story in the field of ‘neurobionic’ prostheses.
Stöver, Timo, Lenarz, Thomas
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Comparisons of unilateral and bilateral cochlear implantation for children: spatial listening skills and quality of life [PDF]
, 2010 Recently, controversy in the care of severely-profoundly deaf children has centred on whether they should be provided with bilateral cochlear implants (two implants, one in each ear) rather than a unilateral cochlear implant (one implant in one ear ...
Lovett, Rosemary Elizabeth Susan
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Is cochlear implantation a good treatment method for profoundly deafened elderly?
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2013 Magdalena Lachowska, Agnieszka Pastuszka, Paulina Glinka, Kazimierz Niemczyk Department of Otolaryngology, Hearing Implant Center, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland Purpose: To assess the benefits of cochlear implantation in the elderly ...
Lachowska M +3 more
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An investigation of cochlear dynamics in surgical and implanation processes [PDF]
, 2011 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.The aim of this research is to improve the understanding of the impact on the cochlear dynamics corresponding to surgical tools, processes and hearing ...
Zoka Assadi, Masoud
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Current Biology, 2014 Cochlear implants are the first example of a neural prosthesis that can substitute a sensory organ: they bypass the malfunctioning auditory periphery of profoundly-deaf people to electrically stimulate their auditory nerve. The history of cochlear implants dates back to 1957, when Djourno and Eyriès managed, for the first time, to elicit sound ...
Macherey, Olivier, Carlyon, Robert
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Perilymph Gusher in Cochlear Implantation Surgery: An Algorithm for Management. [PDF]
World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck SurgABSTRACT Objective Perilymph leak is considered a major complication of cochlear implantation (CI) surgery and can lead to surgical difficulties and postoperative morbidities. This study is aimed to formulate an algorithm for better management of perilymph leak in cases of CI. Methods This is a retrospective study conducted in our tertiary institute on
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Cochlear implantation in a patient with mucopolysaccharidosis IVA
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019 Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (OMIM 253000; also known as Morquio A syndrome) is associated with skeletal, airway, and hearing abnormalities. Cochlear implantation is an effective intervention for patients with severe-to-profound hearing loss.
Kyoko Nagao +7 more
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Ipsilateral Vestibular Schwannoma after Cochlear Implantation
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2022 Objective. The vestibular schwannoma incidence rate is approximately 4.2 per 100,000/year. Thus far, about 700,000 cochlear implantations have been performed worldwide; therefore, the occurrence of vestibular schwannoma postcochlear implantations can be ...
S. Tüpker +7 more
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Cochlear Implantation in the Elderly [PDF]
Audiology and Neurotology, 2014 Hearing disorders become an increasingly important issue that influences quality of life and many other economic factors. Due to the prolongation of human life and the more active lifestyles of people in retirement age, there is an increasing requirement for the available treatment options of hearing loss in the aging population.
Piotr Henryk Skarżyński +4 more
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Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation in Post-lingually Deaf Patients. [PDF]
, 2021 peer reviewedINTRODUCTION: Cochlear implantation has been mentioned as the most effective therapeutic intervention in deaf patients and especially those with post-lingual deafness.
Khosravi, Mohammad Hossein +3 more
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