The effect of the surgical approach and cochlear implant electrode on the structural integrity of the cochlea in human temporal bones

Abstract Cochlear implants (CI) restore hearing of severely hearing-impaired patients. Although this auditory prosthesis is widely considered to be very successful, structural cochlear trauma during cochlear implantation is an important problem, reductions of which could help to improve hearing outc...

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Main Authors: Saad Jwair, Huib Versnel, Robert J. Stokroos, Hans G. X. M. Thomeer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21399-7