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The vienna cochlear implant in patients with obliteration of the cochlea
Author(s) -
Kürsten R.,
Cozzarini W.,
Eisenwort B.,
Denk D. M.,
Zrunek M.,
Burian K.
Publication year - 1994
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 - 10.1288/00005537-199401000-00013
Subject(s) - cochlea , temporal bone , contraindication , cochlear implant , ossification , medicine , audiology , cochlear implantation , otology , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
Abstract Twelve deaf patients with obliterated or ossified cochleas received the extracochlear version of the Vienna Cochlear Implant. Four patients, 1 of them a child, developed open speech comprehension. Obliteration of the cochlea could not always be predicted by conventional tomography of the temporal bone. Short duration of deafness, wide dynamic range, and good ability of time resolution (small temporal difference limen [TDL]) are predictors for good postoperative results. Obliteration or ossification of the cochlea per se is no contraindication to cochlear implantation.