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Geerardyn A, Wils I, Putzeys T, Fierens G, Wouters J, Verhaert N. The impact of round window reinforcement on middle and inner ear mechanics with air and bone conduction stimulation. Hear Res 2024; 450:109049. [PMID: 38850830 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2024.109049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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The round window (RW) membrane plays an important role in normal inner ear mechanics. Occlusion or reinforcement of the RW has been described in the context of congenital anomalies or after cochlear implantation and is applied as a surgical treatment for hyperacusis. Multiple lumped and finite element models predict a low-frequency hearing loss with air conduction of up to 20 dB after RW reinforcement and limited to no effect on hearing with bone conduction stimulation. Experimental verification of these results, however, remains limited. Here, we present an experimental study measuring the impact of RW reinforcement on the middle and inner ear mechanics with air and bone conduction stimulation. In a within-specimen repeated measures design with human cadaveric specimens (n = 6), we compared the intracochlear pressures in scala vestibuli (PSV) and scala tympani (PST) before and after RW reinforcement with soft tissue, cartilage, and bone cement. The differential pressure (PDIFF) across the basilar membrane - known to be closely related to the hearing sensation - was calculated as the complex difference between PSV and PST. With air conduction stimulation, both PSV and PSTincreased on average up to 22 dB at frequencies below 1500 Hz with larger effect sizes for PST compared to PSV. The PDIFF, in contrast, decreased up to 11 dB at frequencies between 700 and 800 Hz after reinforcement with bone cement. With bone conduction, the average within-specimen effects were less than 5 dB for either PSV, PST, or PDIFF. The inter-specimen variability with bone conduction, however, was considerably larger than with air conduction. This experimental study shows that RW reinforcement impacts air conduction stimulation at low frequencies. Bone conduction stimulation seems to be largely unaffected. From a clinical point of view, these results support the hypothesis that delayed loss of air conduction hearing after cochlear implantation could be partially explained by the impact of RW reinforcement.
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- Alexander Geerardyn
- ExpORL, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven Belgium
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- ExpORL, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- ExpORL, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory of Soft Matter and Biophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- ExpORL, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Cochlear Technology Centre, Mechelen, Belgium
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- ExpORL, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- ExpORL, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven Belgium.
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Borkowski P. Directional sensitivity of bone conduction stimulation on the otic capsule in a finite element model of the human temporal bone. Sci Rep 2024; 14:13768. [PMID: 38877090 PMCID: PMC11178818 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64377-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024] Open
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Sound transmission to the human inner ear by bone conduction pathway with an implant attached to the otic capsule is a specific case where the cochlear response depends on the direction of the stimulating force. A finite element model of the temporal bone with the inner ear, no middle and outer ear structures, and an immobilized stapes footplate was used to assess the directional sensitivity of the cochlea. A concentrated mass represented the bone conduction implant. The harmonic analysis included seventeen frequencies within the hearing range and a full range of excitation directions. Two assessment criteria included: (1) bone vibrations of the round window edge in the direction perpendicular to its surface and (2) the fluid volume displacement of the round window membrane. The direction of maximum bone vibration at the round window edge was perpendicular to the round window. The maximum fluid volume displacement direction was nearly perpendicular to the modiolus axis, almost tangent to the stapes footplate, and inclined slightly to the round window. The direction perpendicular to the stapes footplate resulted in small cochlear responses for both criteria. A key factor responsible for directional sensitivity was the small distance of the excitation point from the cochlea.
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- Paweł Borkowski
- Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Nowowiejska 24, 00-665, Warsaw, Poland.
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Lim J, Dobrev I, Kim N. Reference velocity of a human head in bone conduction hearing: Finite element study. Hear Res 2023; 429:108699. [PMID: 36680873 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2023.108699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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A whole head or temporal bone has been used in experiments to understand the mechanism of bone conduction (BC) hearing. In these experiments, two assumptions are generally accepted: (1) a promontory can be a representative point to show the motion of a specimen in BC hearing, and (2) the promontory velocity is proportional to a cochlear response so that the higher the promontory velocity, the better the BC hearing. To confirm the two assumptions, we investigated the velocities of various points corresponding to different BC input types and directions in the head. In this investigation, we used the three-dimensional finite element model of a human head, including an auditory periphery. Results showed that a single promontory was insufficient to be a representative point to show the motion of a specimen because the specimen could have rotational motion at frequencies below 0.5 kHz and the localized deformation at frequencies above 3 kHz. The promontory velocity had the same pattern as the basilar membrane velocity at low and high frequencies. However, at mid-frequencies between 0.5 and 3 kHz, the promontory did not exhibit the same pattern of velocity as the basilar membrane. Therefore, one's BC hearing ability must be carefully determined on the basis of promontory velocity.
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- Jongwoo Lim
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Republic of Korea.
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Lim J, Goo W, Kang DW, Oh SH, Kim N. Effect of closing material on hearing rehabilitation in stapedectomy and stapedotomy: A finite element analysis. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1064890. [PMID: 36866333 PMCID: PMC9971570 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1064890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Stapedotomy or stapedectomy operations are often performed to treat otosclerosis. During the operation, the space created by bone removal is usually filled with a closing material such as fat or fascia. In this study, the effect of the Young's modulus of the closing material on the hearing level was investigated through the 3D finite element model of a human head including auditory periphery. The Young's moduli of the closing material used to implement stapedotomy and stapedectomy conditions in the model were varied from 1 kPa to 24 MPa. The results showed that the hearing level improved when the closing material was more compliant after stapedotomy. Therefore, when the stapedotomy was performed using fat whose Young's modulus is lowest among the potential closing materials, the hearing level recovered the best among all simulated cases. On the other hand, in stapedectomy, the Young's modulus did not have the linear relationship between the hearing level and the compliance of the closing material. Hence, the Young's modulus causing the best hearing rehabilitation in stapedectomy was found not at the end of the investigated range of Young's modulus but somewhere in the middle of the given range.
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- Jongwoo Lim
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea,Seung Ha Oh,
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea,*Correspondence: Namkeun Kim,
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Juliano AF, D'Arco F, Pao J, Picariello S, Clement E, Moonis G, Robson CD. The Cochlea in Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome: An Objective Method for the Diagnosis of Offset Cochlear Turns. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2022; 43:1646-1652. [PMID: 36175083 PMCID: PMC9731253 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a7653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE An "unwound" or "offset" cochlea has been described as a characteristic imaging feature in patients with branchio-oto-renal syndrome, and recently recognized to be associated in particular to those with EYA1 gene mutations. Determination of this feature has traditionally relied on subjective visual assessment. Our aim was to establish an objective assessment method for cochlear offset (the cochlear turn alignment ratio) and determine an optimal cutoff turn alignment ratio value that separates individuals with EYA1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome from those with SIX1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome and healthy controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS Temporal bone CT or MR imaging from 40 individuals with branchio-oto-renal syndrome and 40 controls was retrospectively reviewed. Cochlear offset was determined visually by 2 independent blinded readers and then quantitatively via a standardized technique yielding the cochlear turn alignment ratio. The turn alignment ratio values were compared between cochleae qualitatively assessed as "not offset" and "offset." Receiver operating characteristic analysis was used to determine the ability of the turn alignment ratio to differentiate between these populations and an optimal cutoff turn alignment ratio value. Cochlear offset and turn alignment ratio values were analyzed for each branchio-oto-renal syndrome genotype subpopulation and for controls. RESULTS The turn alignment ratio can accurately differentiate between cochleae with and without an offset (P < .001). The optimal cutoff value separating these populations was 0.476 (sensitivity = 1, specificity = 0.986, J = 0.986). All except 1 cochlea among the EYA1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome subset and all with unknown genotype branchio-oto-renal syndrome had a cochlear offset and a turn alignment ratio of <0.476. All except 1 cochlea among the SIX1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome subset and all controls had no offset and a turn alignment ratio of >0.476. CONCLUSIONS There is a statistically significant difference in turn alignment ratios between offset and nonoffset cochleae, with an optimal cutoff of 0.476. This cutoff value allows excellent separation of EYA1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome from SIX1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome and from individuals without branchio-oto-renal syndrome or sensorineural hearing loss. The turn alignment ratio is a reliable and objective metric that can aid in the imaging evaluation of branchio-oto-renal syndrome.
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- A F Juliano
- From the Department of Radiology (A.F.J.), Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology (F.D.), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology (J.P.), Orlando Health, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, Florida
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- Department of General and Specialized Surgery for Women and Children (S.P.), University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples, Italy
- Neuro-Oncology Unit (S.P.), Department of Paediatric Oncology, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Genetics (E.C.), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology (G.M.), NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiology (C.D.R.), Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Multichannel Acoustic Spectroscopy of the Human Body for Inviolable Biometric Authentication. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:bios12090700. [PMID: 36140085 PMCID: PMC9496529 DOI: 10.3390/bios12090700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Specific features of the human body, such as fingerprint, iris, and face, are extensively used in biometric authentication. Conversely, the internal structure and material features of the body have not been explored extensively in biometrics. Bioacoustics technology is suitable for extracting information about the internal structure and biological and material characteristics of the human body. Herein, we report a biometric authentication method that enables multichannel bioacoustic signal acquisition with a systematic approach to study the effects of selectively distilled frequency features, increasing the number of sensing channels with respect to multiple fingers. The accuracy of identity recognition according to the number of sensing channels and the number of selectively chosen frequency features was evaluated using exhaustive combination searches and forward-feature selection. The technique was applied to test the accuracy of machine learning classification using 5,232 datasets from 54 subjects. By optimizing the scanning frequency and sensing channels, our method achieved an accuracy of 99.62%, which is comparable to existing biometric methods. Overall, the proposed biometric method not only provides an unbreakable, inviolable biometric but also can be applied anywhere in the body and can substantially broaden the use of biometrics by enabling continuous identity recognition on various body parts for biometric identity authentication.
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Pao J, D’Arco F, Clement E, Picariello S, Moonis G, Robson C, Juliano A. Re-Examining the Cochlea in Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome: Genotype-Phenotype Correlation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2022; 43:309-314. [PMID: 35058298 PMCID: PMC8985666 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a7396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Temporal bone imaging plays an important role in the work-up of branchio-oto-renal syndrome. Previous reports have suggested that the unwound or offset cochlea is a highly characteristic marker for branchio-oto-renal syndrome. Our goals were to examine the prevalence of this finding in a branchio-oto-renal syndrome cohort and analyze genetic-phenotypic associations not previously established. MATERIALS AND METHODS This multicenter retrospective study included 38 ears in 19 unrelated individuals with clinically diagnosed branchio-oto-renal syndrome and confirmed mutations in the EYA1 or SIX1 genes. Two blinded neuroradiologists independently reviewed and documented temporal bone imaging findings in 13 categories for each ear. Imaging phenotypes were correlated with genotypes. RESULTS There was excellent interrater agreement for all 13 phenotypic categories (κ ≥ 0.80). Of these, 9 categories showed statistically significant differences between patients with EYA1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome and SIX1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome. Cochlear offset was present in 100% of patients with EYA1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome, but in only 1 ear (12.5%) among patients with SIX1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome. A short thorny appearance of the cochlear apical turn was observed in most patients with SIX1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome. CONCLUSIONS An offset cochlea is associated with the EYA1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome genotype. The SIX1-branchio-oto-renal syndrome genotype is associated with a different cochlear phenotype that almost always is without offset and has a short thorny tip as the apical turn. Therefore, cochlear offset is not a characteristic marker for all patients with branchio-oto-renal syndrome. The lack of a cochlear offset in a patient with clinically suspected branchio-oto-renal syndrome does not exclude the diagnosis and, in fact, may be predictive of the SIX1 genotype.
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- J. Pao
- From the Department of Radiology (J.P.), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Clinical Genetics (E.C.), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery (S.P.), University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,” Naples, Italy,Department of Paediatric Oncology (S.P.), Neuro-Oncology Unit, Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Radiology (G.M.), Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiology (C.D.R.), Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology (A.F.J.), Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Lim J, Dobrev I, Röösli C, Stenfelt S, Kim N. Development of a finite element model of a human head including auditory periphery for understanding of bone-conducted hearing. Hear Res 2021; 421:108337. [PMID: 34470714 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2021.108337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A three-dimensional finite-element (FE) model of a human head including the auditory periphery was developed to obtain a better understanding of bone-conducted (BC) hearing. The model was validated by comparison of cochlear and head responses in both air-conducted (AC) and BC hearing with experimental data. Specifically, the FE model provided the cochlear responses such as basilar membrane velocity and intracochlear pressure corresponding to BC stimulations applied to the mastoid or the conventional bone-anchored-hearing-aid (BAHA) positions. This is a strength of the model because it is difficult to obtain the cochlear responses from experiments corresponding to the BC stimulation applied at a specific position on the head surface. In addition, there have been few studies based on an FE model that can calculate the head and cochlear responses simultaneously from a BC stimulation. Moreover, in this study, the intracochlear sound pressure at multi-positions along the BM length was calculated and used to clarify the effect of stimulating force direction on the cochlear and promontory velocities in BC hearing. Also, the relationship between BC and AC stimulation and the basilar membrane velocity in the FE model was used to calculate the stimulation level at hearing thresholds which has been investigated only by psychoacoustical methods.
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- Jongwoo Lim
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Incheon National University, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Incheon National University, Republic of Korea.
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Finite element simulation of cochlear traveling wave under air and bone conduction hearing. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2021; 20:1251-1265. [PMID: 33786715 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-021-01443-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Besides the normal hearing pathway known as air conduction (AC), sound can also transmit to the cochlea through the skull, known as bone conduction (BC). During BC stimulation, the cochlear walls demonstrate rigid body motion (RBM) and compressional motion (CPM), both inducing the basilar membrane traveling wave (TW). Despite numerous measuring and modeling efforts for the TW phenomenon, the mechanism remains unclear, especially in the case of BC. This paper proposes a 3D finite element cochlea model mimicking the TW under BC. The model uses a traditional "box model" form, but in a spiral shape, with two fluid chambers separated by the long and flexible BM. The cochlear fluid was enclosed by bony walls, the oval and round window membranes. Contingent boundary conditions and stimulations are introduced according to the physical basis of AC and BC. Particularly for BC, both RBM and CPM of the cochlea walls are simulated. Harmonic numerical solutions are obtained at multiple frequencies among the hearing range. The BM vibration amplitude ([Formula: see text]) and its relation with volume displacement difference between the oval and round windows [Formula: see text], as well as the pressure difference at the base of the cochlea ([Formula: see text]), are analyzed. The simulated BM response at 12 mm from the base is peaked at about 3 k Hz, which is consistent with published experimental data. The TW properties under AC and BC are the same and have a common mechanism. (1) [Formula: see text] is proportional to [Formula: see text] at low frequencies. (2) [Formula: see text] is also proportional to [Formula: see text], within 5 dB error at high frequencies such as 16 k Hz. This study partly reveals the common quantitative relations between the TW and related factors under AC and BC hearing.
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Vibration direction sensitivity of the cochlea with bone conduction stimulation in guinea pigs. Sci Rep 2021; 11:2855. [PMID: 33536482 PMCID: PMC7858597 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82268-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Sound and vibrations that cause the skull bone to vibrate can be heard as ordinary sounds and this is termed hearing by bone conduction (BC). Not all mechanisms that causes a skull vibration to result in BC hearing are known, and one such unknown is how the direction of the vibration influences BC hearing. This direction sensitivity was investigated by providing BC stimulation in five different directions at the vertex of the guinea pig skull. The hearing thresholds for BC stimulation was obtained in the frequency range of 2 to 20 kHz by measurements of compound action potential. During the stimulation by BC, the vibration of the cochlear promontory was measured with a three-dimensional laser Doppler vibrometer resulting in a set of unique three-dimensional velocity magnitude combinations for each threshold estimation. The sets of three-dimensional velocity magnitude at threshold were used to investigate nine different predictors of BC hearing based on cochlear promontory velocity magnitudes, six single direction (x, y and z directions in isolation, the normal to the stapes footplate, the oval to round window direction, and the cochlear base to apex direction), one linear combination of the three dimension velocity magnitudes, one square-rooted sum of the squared velocity magnitudes, and one sum of the weighted three dimensional velocity magnitudes based on a restricted minimum square error (MSE) estimation. The MSE gave the best predictions of the hearing threshold based on the cochlear promontory velocity magnitudes while using only a single direction gave the worst predictions of the hearing thresholds overall. According to the MSE estimation, at frequencies up to 8 kHz the vibration direction between the right and left side gave the greatest contribution to BC hearing in the guinea pig while at the highest frequencies measured, 16 and 20 kHz, the anteroposterior direction of the guinea pig head gave the greatest contribution.
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Lim J, Kim Y, Kim N. Mechanical Effects of Cochlear Implants on Residual Hearing Loss: A Finite Element Analysis. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2020; 67:3253-3261. [PMID: 32191879 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2020.2981863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The effects of cochlear implants on residual hearing loss is investigated through a finite element model of human auditory periphery consisting of the cochlea and middle ear. The simulation results show that a round window stiffness is the dominant factor in residual hearing loss. The increased round window stiffness to five times caused over 4 dB residual hearing loss at low frequencies below 500 Hz. Without considering round window ossification, inserting a cochlear implant can show at most 4 dB difference of residual hearing loss in magnitude from the no-implant case although the cochlear implant's geometry and position has been varied. If the stiffness of the round window is the same, the simulation results suggest to use a thin-straight-cochlear implant inserted into the lateral side in order to preserve residual hearing at frequencies below 700 Hz. In addition, when the distance between the basilar membrane and a cochlear implant is closer, the residual hearing loss becomes severe at high frequencies above 1 kHz. The results would be helpful for choice of a cochlear implant depending on a patient's condition.
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Karoui C, James C, Barone P, Bakhos D, Marx M, Macherey O. Searching for the Sound of a Cochlear Implant: Evaluation of Different Vocoder Parameters by Cochlear Implant Users With Single-Sided Deafness. Trends Hear 2020; 23:2331216519866029. [PMID: 31533581 PMCID: PMC6753516 DOI: 10.1177/2331216519866029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cochlear implantation in subjects with single-sided deafness (SSD) offers a unique opportunity to directly compare the percepts evoked by a cochlear implant (CI) with those evoked acoustically. Here, nine SSD-CI users performed a forced-choice task evaluating the similarity of speech processed by their CI with speech processed by several vocoders presented to their healthy ear. In each trial, subjects heard two intervals: their CI followed by a certain vocoder in Interval 1 and their CI followed by a different vocoder in Interval 2. The vocoders differed either (i) in carrier type-(sinusoidal [SINE], bandfiltered noise [NOISE], and pulse-spreading harmonic complex) or (ii) in frequency mismatch between the analysis and synthesis frequency ranges-(no mismatch, and two frequency-mismatched conditions of 2 and 4 equivalent rectangular bandwidths [ERBs]). Subjects had to state in which of the two intervals the CI and vocoder sounds were more similar. Despite a large intersubject variability, the PSHC vocoder was judged significantly more similar to the CI than SINE or NOISE vocoders. Furthermore, the No-mismatch and 2-ERB mismatch vocoders were judged significantly more similar to the CI than the 4-ERB mismatch vocoder. The mismatch data were also interpreted by comparing spiral ganglion characteristic frequencies with electrode contact positions determined from postoperative computed tomography scans. Only one subject demonstrated a pattern of preference consistent with adaptation to the CI sound processor frequency-to-electrode allocation table and two subjects showed possible partial adaptation. Those subjects with adaptation patterns presented overall small and consistent frequency mismatches across their electrode arrays.
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- Chadlia Karoui
- Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, Toulouse, France.,Cochlear France SAS, Toulouse, France
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- Cochlear France SAS, Toulouse, France.,Department of Otology-Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, Toulouse, France
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, CHRU de Tours, France.,Ear Nose and Throat department, CHUR de Tours, Tours, France
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- Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, Toulouse, France.,Department of Otology-Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, LMA, Marseille, France
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Auditory processing in the cochlea depends on the integrity of the mechanosensory hair cells. Over a lifetime, hearing loss can be acquired from numerous etiologies such as exposure to excessive noise, the use of ototoxic medications, bacterial or viral ear infections, head injuries, and the aging process. Loss of sensory hair cells is a common pathological feature of the varieties of acquired hearing loss. Additionally, the inner hair cell synapse can be damaged by mild insults. Therefore, surface preparations of cochlear epithelia, in combination with immunolabeling techniques and confocal imagery, are a very useful tool for the investigation of cochlear pathologies, including losses of ribbon synapses and sensory hair cells, changes in protein levels in hair cells and supporting cells, hair cell regeneration, and determination of report gene expression (i.e., GFP) for verification of successful transduction and identification of transduced cell types. The cochlea, a bony spiral-shaped structure in the inner ear, holds the auditory sensory end organ, the organ of Corti (OC). Sensory hair cells and surrounding supporting cells in the OC are contained in the cochlear duct and rest on the basilar membrane, organized in a tonotopic fashion with high-frequency detection occurring in the base and low-frequency in the apex. With the availability of molecular and genetic information and the ability to manipulate genes by knockout and knock-in techniques, mice have been widely used in biological research, including in hearing science. However, the adult mouse cochlea is miniscule, and the cochlear epithelium is encapsulated in a bony labyrinth, making microdissection difficult. Although dissection techniques have been developed and used in many laboratories, this modified microdissection method using cell and tissue adhesive is easier and more convenient. It can be used in all types of adult mouse cochleae following decalcification.
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Affiliation(s)
- Qiao-Jun Fang
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina; MOE Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Institute of Life Sciences, Southeast University
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Institute of Life Sciences, Southeast University
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina;
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Mechanism of bone-conducted hearing: mathematical approach. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2018; 17:1731-1740. [DOI: 10.1007/s10237-018-1052-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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O'Connor KN, Cai H, Puria S. The effects of varying tympanic-membrane material properties on human middle-ear sound transmission in a three-dimensional finite-element model. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2017; 142:2836. [PMID: 29195482 PMCID: PMC5681352 DOI: 10.1121/1.5008741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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An anatomically based three-dimensional finite-element human middle-ear (ME) model is used to test the sensitivity of ME sound transmission to tympanic-membrane (TM) material properties. The baseline properties produce responses comparable to published measurements of ear-canal input impedance and power reflectance, stapes velocity normalized by ear-canal pressure (PEC), and middle-ear pressure gain (MEG), i.e., cochlear-vestibule pressure (PV) normalized by PEC. The mass, Young's modulus (ETM), and shear modulus (GTM) of the TM are varied, independently and in combination, over a wide range of values, with soft and bony TM-annulus boundary conditions. MEG is recomputed and plotted for each case, along with summaries of the magnitude and group-delay deviations from the baseline over low (below 0.75 kHz), mid (0.75-5 kHz), and high (above 5 kHz) frequencies. The MEG magnitude varies inversely with increasing TM mass at high frequencies. Increasing ETM boosts high frequencies and attenuates low and mid frequencies, especially with a bony TM annulus and when GTM varies in proportion to ETM, as for an isotropic material. Increasing GTM on its own attenuates low and mid frequencies and boosts high frequencies. The sensitivity of MEG to TM material properties has implications for model development and the interpretation of experimental observations.
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- Kevin N O'Connor
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Stenfelt S. Model predictions for bone conduction perception in the human. Hear Res 2016; 340:135-143. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Revised: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Stenfelt S. Inner ear contribution to bone conduction hearing in the human. Hear Res 2015; 329:41-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2014.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 11/05/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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