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Hearing Preservation After Adult Cochlear Implantation Using the FLEXsoft Electrode
Author(s) -
Mick Paul,
Amodi Hosam,
Shipp David,
Lin Vincent,
Nedzelski Julian,
Chen Joseph
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.22285
Subject(s) - health science , research centre , biomedical sciences , library science , university hospital , sociology , medicine , medical education , family medicine , computer science , pathology
Background/objective: Hearing Preservation(HP) in the context of cochlear implantation(CI) is indicative of atraumatic insertion and could potentially offer a clinical advantage to performance. However, if residual hearing is lost due to surgical trauma or from natural deterioration, HP that was achieved from the insertion of a short electrode would then compromise any future performance that would have been obtained through a full length implant. Our goal was to determine the degree of HP after implantation with a full-length electrode (the FLEXsoft).