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Multichannel cochlear implantation in obliterated cochleas using the gantz procedure
Author(s) -
Steenerson Ronald L.,
Gary Lucinda B.
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 - 10.1288/00005537-199409000-00004
Subject(s) - cochlear implantation , audiology , cochlea , cochlear implant , medicine
Abstract Gantz, et al. reported two patients with extensive cochlear ossification in which cochlear implantation was done with a Nucleus 22‐Channel Cochlear Implant after extensive cochlear drill‐out. One of the patients did well with 20 functioning electrode pairs. We report an additional three patients with extensive cochlear ossification who received Nucleus 22‐Channel Cochlear Implants. All three patients had extensive cochlear drill‐out as described by Gantz, et al. All three patients have use of all 21 electrode pairs with amperages typical of conventional implantation in two of the three and slightly increased levels in the third. Extensive bilateral cochlear ossification does not seem to be an absolute contraindication for multichannel cochlear implantation.