Impact of electrode insertion depth on intracochlear traumaOliver Adunka
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7070, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 135:374-82. 2006
..To assess the effect of cochlear implant (CI) insertion depth and surgical technique on intracochlear trauma...
- [How does a cochlear implant speech processor work?]
O Adunka
Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7070, USA
Laryngorhinootologie 84:841-50; quiz 851-4. 2005
..The speech processor then sends commands and the energy for stimulation to the implanted parts via a transcutaneous high frequency radio link. The implant refers the information as electrical stimuli to each electrode contact...
- Hearing preservation in cochlear implantation for electric acoustic stimulation
Wolfgang Gstoettner
ENT Department, Head and Neck Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Acta Otolaryngol 124:348-52. 2004
..To evaluate the possibility of preservation of low-frequency hearing in atraumatic cochlear implant electrode insertion procedures for combined, ipsilateral electric and acoustic stimulation...
- Predicting basal cochlear length for electric-acoustic stimulation
Oliver Adunka
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, J W Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 131:488-92. 2005
..To assess the feasibility and accuracy of predicting electrode insertion depth necessary in cochlear implantations for electric-acoustic stimulation by means of preoperative high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT)...
- Combined electric and acoustic stimulation of the auditory system: results of a clinical study
Jan Kiefer
Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals Nasen Ohrenheilkunde des Klinikums r d Isar, Technische Universitat, Munchen, Deutschland
Audiol Neurootol 10:134-44. 2005
..Synergistic effects of EAS were most prominent for hearing in noise with increases of up to 72% as compared to cochlear implant alone...
- Preservation of basal inner ear structures in cochlear implantation
Oliver Adunka
ENT Department, J W Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 66:306-12. 2004
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- Cochlear implantation via the round window membrane minimizes trauma to cochlear structures: a histologically controlled insertion study
Oliver Adunka
ENT Department, J W Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Acta Otolaryngol 124:807-12. 2004
..To evaluate cochlear implant trauma to intracochlear structures when inserting the electrode via the round window membrane...
- Development and evaluation of an improved cochlear implant electrode design for electric acoustic stimulation
Oliver Adunka
ENT Department, J W Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Laryngoscope 114:1237-41. 2004
..Special emphasis was placed on the practicality for combined electric and acoustic stimulation of the auditory system...
- Representation of acoustic signals in the human cochlea in presence of a cochlear implant electrode
Jan Kiefer
Department of Otolaryngology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Ismaninger Strasse 22, D 81675 Munich, Germany
Hear Res 221:36-43. 2006
..Intracochlear introduction of a cochlear implant electrode, however, may alter the biomechanical properties of the inner ear and thus affect perception of acoustic stimuli...
- Monitoring of cochlear function during cochlear implantation
Oliver Adunka
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7600, USA
Laryngoscope 116:1017-20. 2006
..Ultimately, profound hearing loss was documented, indicating that factors other than immediate changes induced by electrode insertion were likely responsible for the loss of cochlear function...
