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Preservation of residual hearing following cochlear implantation: comparison between three surgical techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2007

S Berrettini ,
F Forli  and
S Passetti
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Abstract

The preservation of residual hearing is becoming a high priority in cochlear implant surgery. It allows better speech understanding and ensures long-lasting and stable performance; it also allows the possibility, in selected cases, of combining electro-acoustic stimulation in the same ear.

We present the results of a retrospective study of the conservation of residual hearing in three different groups of patients who had undergone cochlear implantation using three different cochlear implant electrode arrays, combined with three different surgical techniques for the cochleostomy. The study aimed to evaluate which approach allowed greater preservation of residual hearing.

The best residual hearing preservation results (i.e. preservation in 81.8 per cent of patients) were achieved with the Contour Advance electrode array, using the Advance Off-Stylet technique and performing a modified anterior inferior cochleostomy; this combination enabled reduced trauma to the lateral wall of the cochlea during electrode insertion.

Keywords

Cochlear ImplantsSensorineural DeafnessOtologic Surgical Procedures

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Research Article
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 122 , Issue 3 , March 2008 , pp. 246 - 252
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2007

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