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Yancey KL, Patro A, Smetak M, Perkins EL, Isaacson B, Bennett ML, O'Malley M, Haynes DS, Hunter JB. Evaluating calcium channel blockers and bisphosphonates as otoprotective agents in cochlear implantation hearing preservation candidates. Cochlear Implants Int 2024:1-9. [PMID: 38738388 DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2024.2338003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Evaluate potential effects of calcium channel blockers (CCB) and bisphosphonates (BP) on residual hearing following cochlear implantation. METHODS Medications of 303 adult hearing preservation (HP) candidates (low frequency pure tone average [LFPTA] of 125, 250, and 500 Hz ≤80 dB HL) were reviewed. Postimplantation LFPTA of patients taking CCBs and BPs were compared to controls matched by age and preimplantation LFPTA. RESULTS Twenty-six HP candidates were taking a CCB (N = 14) or bisphosphonate (N = 12) at implantation. Median follow-up was 1.37 years (range 0.22-4.64y). Among subjects with initial HP, 29% (N = 2 of 7) CCB users compared to 50% (N = 2 of 4) controls subsequently lost residual hearing 3-6 months later (OR = 0.40, 95% CI = 0.04-4.32, p = 0.58). None of the four BP patients with initial HP experienced delayed loss compared to 50% (N = 2 of 4) controls with initial HP (OR = 0.00, 95% CI = 0.00-1.95, P = 0.43). Two CCB and one BP patients improved to a LFPTA <80 dB HL following initial unaided thresholds that suggested loss of residual hearing. DISCUSSION There were no significant differences in the odds of delayed loss of residual hearing with CCBs or BPs. CONCLUSION Further investigation into potential otoprotective adjuvants for maintaining residual hearing following initial successful hearing preservation is warranted, with larger cohorts and additional CCB/BP agents.
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- Kristen L Yancey
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Höing B, Eichler T, Juelly V, Meyer M, Jung L, Waschkies L, Lang S, Arweiler-Harbeck D. Digital live imaging of intraoperative electrocochleography during cochlear implantation: the first 50 patients. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2024; 281:1175-1183. [PMID: 37646794 PMCID: PMC10858150 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-023-08197-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Real-time visualization of intraoperative electrocochleography (ECochG) potentials via a digital microscope during cochlear implantation can provide direct feedback during electrode insertion. The aim of this prospective, randomized study of 50 patients was to obtain long-term data with a focus on residual hearing preservation and speech understanding. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cochlear implantations were performed in 50 patients (26 female, 24 male) with residual hearing using a digital microscope. Patients were randomized into two groups. Intraoperative ECochG potentials were either displayed directly in the surgeon's field of view (picture-in-picture display, PiP) or not directly in the field of view (without picture-in-picture display, without PiP). Residual hearing preservation and speech comprehension were recorded within a 1-year follow-up period, compared between groups (PiP versus without PiP) and to a control group of 26 patients implanted without ECochG. RESULTS Mean insertion time was significantly longer in the picture-in-picture group (p = 0.025). Residual hearing preservation after 6 weeks at 250 Hz was significantly better in the picture-in-picture group (p = 0.017). After one year, 76% of patients showed residual hearing in the picture-in-picture group (62% without picture-in-picture technique, p = n.s.). Use of the picture-in-picture technique resulted in better long-term pure tone residual hearing preservation at 250, 500, and 1000 Hz. Speech intelligibility improved by 46% in the picture-in-picture group (38% without picture-in-picture). DISCUSSION This study is the first to describe long-term results in a large cohort of cochlear implant patients in whom digital visualization of intraoperative ECochG was used. Our results show that visualization of intraoperative ECochG has a positive effect on residual hearing preservation.
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- Benedikt Höing
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147, Essen, Germany.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147, Essen, Germany
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- Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation Centre Ruhr (CIC), Essen, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147, Essen, Germany
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Tejani VD, Kim JS, Etler CP, Skidmore J, Yuan Y, He S, Hansen MR, Gantz BJ, Abbas PJ, Brown CJ. Longitudinal Electrocochleography as an Objective Measure of Serial Behavioral Audiometry in Electro-Acoustic Stimulation Patients. Ear Hear 2023; 44:1014-1028. [PMID: 36790447 PMCID: PMC10425573 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Minimally traumatic surgical techniques and advances in cochlear implant (CI) electrode array designs have allowed acoustic hearing present in a CI candidate prior to surgery to be preserved postoperatively. As a result, these patients benefit from combined electric-acoustic stimulation (EAS) postoperatively. However, 30% to 40% of EAS CI users experience a partial loss of hearing up to 30 dB after surgery. This additional hearing loss is generally not severe enough to preclude use of acoustic amplification; however, it can still impact EAS benefits. The use of electrocochleography (ECoG) measures of peripheral hair cell and neural auditory function have shed insight into the pathophysiology of postimplant loss of residual acoustic hearing. The present study aims to assess the long-term stability of ECoG measures and to establish ECoG as an objective method of monitoring residual hearing over the course of EAS CI use. We hypothesize that repeated measures of ECoG should remain stable over time for EAS CI users with stable postoperative hearing preservation. We also hypothesize that changes in behavioral audiometry for EAS CI users with loss of residual hearing should also be reflected in changes in ECoG measures. DESIGN A pool of 40 subjects implanted under hearing preservation protocol was included in the study. Subjects were seen at postoperative visits for behavioral audiometry and ECoG recordings. Test sessions occurred 0.5, 1, 3, 6, 12 months, and annually after 12 months postoperatively. Changes in pure-tone behavioral audiometric thresholds relative to baseline were used to classify subjects into two groups: one group with stable acoustic hearing and another group with loss of acoustic hearing. At each test session, ECoG amplitude growth functions for several low-frequency stimuli were obtained. The threshold, slope, and suprathreshold amplitude at a fixed stimulation level was obtained from each growth function at each time point. Longitudinal linear mixed effects models were used to study trends in ECoG thresholds, slopes, and amplitudes for subjects with stable hearing and subjects with hearing loss. RESULTS Preoperative, behavioral audiometry indicated that subjects had an average low-frequency pure-tone average (125 to 500 Hz) of 40.88 ± 13.12 dB HL. Postoperatively, results showed that ECoG thresholds and amplitudes were stable in EAS CI users with preserved residual hearing. ECoG thresholds increased (worsened) while ECoG amplitudes decreased (worsened) for those with delayed hearing loss. The slope did not distinguish between EAS CI users with stable hearing and subjects with delayed loss of hearing. CONCLUSIONS These results provide a new application of postoperative ECoG as an objective tool to monitor residual hearing and understand the pathophysiology of delayed hearing loss. While our measures were conducted with custom-designed in-house equipment, CI companies are also designing and implementing hardware and software adaptations to conduct ECoG recordings. Thus, postoperative ECoG recordings can potentially be integrated into clinical practice.
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- Viral D Tejani
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Hearing Research Laboratory, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eye and Ear Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eye and Ear Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eye and Ear Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Zhan KY, Walia A, Durakovic N, Wick CC, Buchman CA, Shew MA, Herzog JA. One-Year Hearing Preservation and Speech Outcomes Comparing Slim Modiolar and Lateral Wall Arrays. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023; 169:340-347. [PMID: 36814321 DOI: 10.1002/ohn.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Compare postoperative speech outcomes in hearing preservation (HP) cochlear implantation (CI) patients with a low-frequency pure-tone average (LFPTA) ≤ 60 dB using 2 electrode array designs. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Large academic cochlear implant referral center. METHODS We reviewed adult HP CI cases using either the slim modiolar electrode (SME) (CI 532/CI 632) or th slim lateral wall electrode (SLWE) (CI 624). One-year speech outcomes and HP status were the primary outcomes. RESULTS A total of 132 implanted ears were analyzed (mean age 73.1 years, standard deviation [SD] 12.6), with 72% (N = 95) with CI 532/632 and 28% (N = 37) with CI 624. The mean preoperative LFPTA was 44.8 dB, SD 11.8. One-year functional HP was 27.2% (mean LFPTA shift 46.1 dB, SD 22.1) and was as follows: SME 23.9% and SLWE 36.4%, p = .168. The mean age at implantation was significantly younger only in SLWE patients with preserved hearing (66.9 vs 80.3 years, p = .008). At 6 months, speech measures were significantly better in all outcomes in HP patients with an SLWE than nonpreserved SLWE patients; this effect abated at 1 year as performance among nonpreserved SLWE patients became equivalent to the remaining cohort. Speech outcomes in SME patients were similar regardless of HP status. Age at implantation and datalogging was correlated with speech outcomes. CONCLUSION In this cohort of HP patients, a 1-year functional HP rate of 23.9% (SME) and 36.4% (SLWE) was observed (p = 0.168). This was initially 57.1% (SME) and 70.3% (SLWE) at activation, p = .172. Datalogging and age at implantation were correlated with postoperative speech outcomes.
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- Kevin Y Zhan
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Otology and Neurotology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Otology and Neurotology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Otology and Neurotology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Otology and Neurotology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Otology and Neurotology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Otology and Neurotology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Otology and Neurotology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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Mussoi BS, Woodson E, Sydlowski S. Intraoperative Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potential Growth and Maximum Amplitudes in Hearing Preservation Cochlear Implant Recipients. Otol Neurotol 2023; 44:e216-e222. [PMID: 36946363 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000003829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Electrically evoked compound action potentials (eCAPs) obtained from cochlear implant (CI) recipients reflect responsiveness of the auditory nerve to electrical stimulation. The recent use of atraumatic electrode arrays and expansion of CI candidacy to listeners with greater residual hearing may lead to increased clinical utility of intraoperative eCAP recordings. OBJECTIVES To examine the effect of electrode array (slim modiolar versus slim straight) on suprathreshold intraoperative eCAP recordings in hearing preservation CI recipients. A secondary goal was to examine potential clinical applications of intraoperative eCAPs for predicting immediate hearing preservation and speech perception outcomes. METHODS Retrospective study of 113 adult hearing preservation CI candidates implanted from 2015 to 2019 with either a slim modiolar or slim straight electrode array. Intraoperative eCAP growth functions and maximum amplitudes were obtained at several intracochlear electrodes and examined as a function of implanted array and hearing preservation status, while controlling for electrode impedance. RESULTS From basal to apical electrodes, progressively larger eCAP amplitudes and steeper slopes were recorded. Steeper eCAP slopes at apical electrodes were also seen for recipients of the slim modiolar array (versus slim straight). Suprathreshold eCAP responses did not differ as a function of hearing preservation and were not associated with speech recognition. CONCLUSIONS More robust eCAP responses were obtained from apical electrodes, which is consistent with better low-frequency thresholds in hearing preservation recipients. This effect was compounded by type of electrode array. Results also suggest that intraoperative, suprathreshold eCAPs cannot be used to predict the success of hearing preservation surgery or performance with the CI.
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- Bruna S Mussoi
- Speech Pathology and Audiology, Kent State University, Kent, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego, CA
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- Head and Neck Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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O'Leary S, Mylanus E, Venail F, Lenarz T, Birman C, Di Lella F, Roland JT, Gantz B, Beynon A, Sicard M, Buechner A, Lai WK, Boccio C, Choudhury B, Tejani VD, Plant K, English R, Arts R, Bester C. Monitoring Cochlear Health With Intracochlear Electrocochleography During Cochlear Implantation: Findings From an International Clinical Investigation. Ear Hear 2023; 44:358-370. [PMID: 36395515 PMCID: PMC9957964 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Electrocochleography (ECochG) is emerging as a tool for monitoring cochlear function during cochlear implant (CI) surgery. ECochG may be recorded directly from electrodes on the implant array intraoperatively. For low-frequency stimulation, its amplitude tends to rise or may plateau as the electrode is inserted. The aim of this study was to explore whether compromise of the ECochG signal, defined as a fall in its amplitude of 30% or more during insertion, whether transient or permanent, is associated with poorer postoperative acoustic hearing, and to examine how preoperative hearing levels may influence the ability to record ECochG. The specific hypotheses tested were threefold: (a) deterioration in the pure-tone average of low-frequency hearing at the first postoperative follow-up interval (follow-up visit 1 [FUV1], 4 to 6 weeks) will be associated with compromise of the cochlear microphonic (CM) amplitude during electrode insertion (primary hypothesis); (b) an association is observed at the second postoperative follow-up interval (FUV2, 3 months) (secondary hypothesis 1); and (c) the CM response will be recorded earlier during electrode array insertion when the preoperative high-frequency hearing is better (secondary hypothesis 2). DESIGN International, multi-site prospective, observational, between groups design, targeting 41 adult participants in each of two groups, (compromised CM versus preserved CM). Adult CI candidates who were scheduled to receive a Cochlear Nucleus CI with a Slim Straight or a Slim Modiolar electrode array and had a preoperative audiometric low-frequency average thresholds of ≤80 dB HL at 500, 750, and 1000 Hz in the ear to be implanted, were recruited from eight international implant sites. Pure tone audiometry was measured preoperatively and at postoperative visits (FUV1 and follow-up visit 2 [FUV2]). ECochG was measured during and immediately after the implantation of the array. RESULTS From a total of 78 enrolled individuals (80 ears), 77 participants (79 ears) underwent surgery. Due to protocol deviations, 18 ears (23%) were excluded. Of the 61 ears with ECochG responses, amplitudes were < 1 µV throughout implantation for 18 ears (23%) and deemed "unclear" for classification. EcochG responses >1 µV in 43 ears (55%) were stable throughout implantation for 8 ears and compromised in 35 ears. For the primary endpoint at FUV1, 7/41 ears (17%) with preserved CM had a median hearing loss of 12.6 dB versus 34/41 ears (83%) with compromised CM and a median hearing loss of 26.9 dB ( p < 0.014). In assessing the practicalities of measuring intraoperative ECochG, the presence of a measurable CM (>1 µV) during implantation was dependent on preoperative, low-frequency thresholds, particularly at the stimulus frequency (0.5 kHz). High-frequency, preoperative thresholds were also associated with a measurable CM > 1 µV during surgery. CONCLUSIONS Our data shows that CM drops occurring during electrode insertion were correlated with significantly poorer hearing preservation postoperatively compared to CMs that remained stable throughout the electrode insertion. The practicality of measuring ECochG in a large cohort is discussed, regarding the suggested optimal preoperative low-frequency hearing levels ( < 80 dB HL) considered necessary to obtain a CM signal >1 µV.
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- S O'Leary
- Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- University Hospital of Montpellier & Institute of Neurosciences of Montpellier INSERM U1298, Montpellier, France
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- Department Otolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Cochlear Implant Program, NextSense, Sydney, Australia
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- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA
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- University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- University Hospital of Montpellier & Institute of Neurosciences of Montpellier INSERM U1298, Montpellier, France
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- Department Otolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Cochlear Implant Program, NextSense, Sydney, Australia
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- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA
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- University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Cochlear Limited, Sydney, Australia
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- Cochlear Benelux NV, Mechelen, Belgium
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- Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Slim Modiolar Electrode Placement in Candidates for Electroacoustic Stimulation. Ear Hear 2022; 44:566-571. [PMID: 36534657 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine rates of hearing preservation and performance in patients who met candidacy for electroacoustic stimulation (EAS) and were implanted with a slim modiolar electrode (CI532 or CI632). DESIGN Adult patients meeting Food and Drug Administration criteria for electroacoustic stimulation (preoperative low-frequency pure-tone average [LFPTA] less than 60 dB at 125, 250, and 500 Hz and monosyllabic word scores between 10% and 60% in the ear to be implanted), who received a slim modiolar electrode were included. Main outcome measures included rates of hearing preservation, defined as a LFPTA ≤80 dB at 125, 250, and 500 Hz, as well as postoperative low-frequency pure-tone threshold shifts, consonant-Nucleus-Consonant (CNC) word scores and AzBio sentences in noise scores. RESULTS Forty-six patients met inclusion criteria during a 4-year period. Mean (standard deviation) preoperative LFPTA was 34.5 (13.0) dB, and 71.7% had preserved hearing at initial activation. The mean LFPTA shift in patients who preserved hearing at initial activation was 19.7 (14.6) dB, compared with 62.6 (17.7) dB in patients who did not preserve hearing as per our definition. Perioperative steroid use was not different in patients with and without preserved hearing (X 2 (1, N = 46) = 0.19, p = .67, V = 0.06). One year after surgery, 57% of patients had a decline in LFPTA >80 dB and were no longer considered candidates for EAS, with 34.7% still retaining low-frequency thresholds ≤80 dB. CNC word scores at 1 year were 69.9% and 61.4% among individuals with and without preserved low-frequency hearing respectively, measured in their CI ear alone, in their regular listening condition of EAS or electric only ( t (32) = 1.13, p = 0.27, d = 0.39, 95% CI = -6.51, 22.86). Device use time did not differ between groups. Among adults with preserved residual hearing at 1 year (n = 16), 44% used EAS, although there was no significant difference in performance between EAS users and nonusers with preserved hearing. Loss of residual hearing over time did not result in a decline in speech perception performance. CONCLUSION The present study demonstrated favorable early rates of hearing preservation with a slim modiolar array. Performance was not significantly different in individuals with and without preserved low-frequency acoustic hearing, independent of EAS use. Compared with reports of short electrode use, the loss of residual hearing in patients implanted with this array did not impact speech perception performance.
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Gantz BJ, Hansen M, Dunn CC. Clinical perspective on hearing preservation in cochlear implantation, the University of Iowa experience. Hear Res 2022; 426:108487. [PMID: 35410721 PMCID: PMC9482999 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Preservation of residual acoustic hearing has emerged as an important concept for those individuals undergoing cochlear implantation with residual low frequency hearing. Acoustic plus electric speech processing improves hearing outcomes in quiet, enables melody recognition, preserves spatial hearing if there is acoustic hearing in both ears and significantly improves hearing in noise. The development of our experience with acoustic plus electric processing is reviewed along with clinical trials and patient outcomes that our team has documented over the past twenty years.
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- Bruce J Gantz
- The University of Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA United States.
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- The University of Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA United States
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- The University of Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA United States
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Effects of an enhanced acoustic environment on residual hearing following chronic cochlear implantation and electrical stimulation in the partially deafened cat. Hear Res 2022; 426:108635. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Bester C, Collins A, Razmovski T, Weder S, Briggs RJ, Wei B, Zakaria AF, Gerard JM, Mitchell-Innes A, Tykocinski M, Kennedy R, Iseli C, Dahm M, Ellul S, O'Leary S. Electrocochleography triggered intervention successfully preserves residual hearing during cochlear implantation: Results of a randomised clinical trial. Hear Res 2022; 426:108353. [PMID: 34600798 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2021.108353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Preservation of natural hearing during cochlear implantation is associated with improved speech outcomes, however more than half of implant recipients lose this hearing. Real-time electrophysiological monitoring of cochlear output during implantation, made possible by recording electrocochleography using the electrodes on the cochlear implant, has shown promise in predicting hearing preservation. Sudden drops in the amplitude of the cochlear microphonic (CM) have been shown to predict more severe hearing losses. Here, we report on a randomized clinical trial investigating whether immediate surgical intervention triggered by these drops can save residual hearing. METHODS A single-blinded placebo-controlled trial of surgical intervention triggered when CM amplitude dropped by at least 30% of a prior maximum amplitude during cochlear implantation. Intraoperative electrocochleography was recorded in 60 adults implanted with Cochlear Ltd's Thin Straight Electrode, half randomly assigned to a control group and half to an interventional group. The surgical intervention was to withdraw the electrode in ½-mm steps to recover CM amplitude. The primary outcome was hearing preservation 3 months following implantation, with secondary outcomes of speech-in-noise reception thresholds by group or CM outcome, and depth of implantation. RESULTS Sixty patients were recruited; neither pre-operative audiometry nor speech reception thresholds were significantly different between groups. Post-operatively, hearing preservation was significantly better in the interventional group. This was the case in absolute difference (median of 30 dB for control, 20 dB for interventional, χ² = 6.2, p = .013), as well as for relative difference (medians of 66% for the control, 31% for the interventional, χ² = 5.9, p = .015). Speech-in-noise reception thresholds were significantly better in patients with no CM drop at any point during insertion compared with patients with a CM drop; however, those with successfully recovered CMs after an initial drop were not significantly different (median gain required for speech reception score of 50% above noise of 6.9 dB for no drop, 8.6 for recovered CM, and 9.8 for CM drop, χ² = 6.8, p = .032). Angular insertion depth was not significantly different between control and interventional groups. CONCLUSIONS This is the first demonstration that surgical intervention in response to intraoperative hearing monitoring can save residual hearing during cochlear implantation.
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- Christofer Bester
- The University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery and The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
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- The University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery and The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
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- The University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery and The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
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- The University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery and The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital; Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- The University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery and The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
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- The University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery and The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital; Department of ENT, RVEEH
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- The University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery and The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital; Department of ENT, RVEEH
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- The University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery and The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital; Department of ENT, RVEEH.
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Tejani VD, Yang H, Kim JS, Hernandez H, Oleson JJ, Hansen MR, Gantz BJ, Abbas PJ, Brown CJ. Access and Polarization Electrode Impedance Changes in Electric-Acoustic Stimulation Cochlear Implant Users with Delayed Loss of Acoustic Hearing. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2022; 23:95-118. [PMID: 34686938 PMCID: PMC8782980 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-021-00809-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Acoustic hearing can be preserved after cochlear implant (CI) surgery, allowing for combined electric-acoustic stimulation (EAS) and superior speech understanding compared to electric-only hearing. Among patients who initially retain useful acoustic hearing, 30-40 % experience a delayed hearing loss that occurs 3 or more months after CI activation. Increases in electrode impedances have been associated with delayed loss of residual acoustic hearing, suggesting a possible role of intracochlear inflammation/fibrosis as reported by Scheperle et al. (Hear Res 350:45-57, 2017) and Shaul et al. (Otol Neurotol 40(5):e518-e526, 2019). These studies measured only total impedance. Total impedance consists of a composite of access resistance, which reflects resistance of the intracochlear environment, and polarization impedance, which reflects resistive and capacitive properties of the electrode-electrolyte interface as described by Dymond (IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 23(4):274-280, 1976) and Tykocinski et al. (Otol Neurotol 26(5):948-956, 2005). To explore the role of access and polarization impedance components in loss of residual acoustic hearing, these measures were collected from Nucleus EAS CI users with stable acoustic hearing and subsequent precipitous loss of hearing. For the hearing loss group, total impedance and access resistance increased over time while polarization impedance remained stable. For the stable hearing group, total impedance and access resistance were stable while polarization impedance declined. Increased access resistance rather than polarization impedance appears to drive the increase in total impedances seen with loss of hearing. Moreover, access resistance has been correlated with intracochlear fibrosis/inflammation in animal studies as observed by Xu et al. (Hear Res 105(1-2):1-29, 1997) and Tykocinski et al. (Hear Res 159(1-2):53-68, 2001). These findings thus support intracochlear inflammation as one contributor to loss of acoustic hearing in our EAS CI population.
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- Viral D. Tejani
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA USA ,Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA USA ,Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA USA ,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA USA ,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA USA ,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA USA ,Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA USA ,Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
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Skarżyńska MB, Król B, Gos E, Skarżyński PH. Preservation of hearing in partial deafness patients who received two different regimes of corticosteroid therapy following cochlear implantation: one-year observations. BRAZ J PHARM SCI 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/s2175-97902022e20358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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- Magdalena Beata Skarżyńska
- Center of Hearing and Speech MEDINCUS, Poland; Institute of Sensory Organs, Poland; Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Poland
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- World Hearing Center, Poland; Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Poland
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- World Hearing Center, Poland; Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Poland
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- Center of Hearing and Speech MEDINCUS, Poland; Institute of Sensory Organs, Poland; World Hearing Center, Poland; Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Poland; Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Poland; Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Poland; Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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Lin CC, Chiu T, Chiou HP, Chang CM, Hsu CJ, Wu HP. Residual hearing preservation for cochlear implantation surgery. Tzu Chi Med J 2021; 33:359-364. [PMID: 34760631 PMCID: PMC8532579 DOI: 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_181_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cochlear implantation (CI) has developed for more than four decades. Initially, CI was used for profound bilateral hearing impairment. However, the indications for CI have expanded in recent years to include children with symptomatic partial deafness. Therefore, CI strategies to preserve residual hearing are important for both patients and otologists. The loss of residual low-frequency hearing is thought to be the result of many factors. All surgical methods have the same goal: protect the delicate intracochlear structures and preserve residual low-frequency hearing to improve speech perception abilities. Fully opening the round window membrane, a straight electrode array, slower insertion speed, and the use of corticosteroids result in a higher rate of hearing preservation. Several factors, like the way of surgical approaches, length of arrays and timing of activation, may not affect the residual hearing preservation. Therefore, the classic atraumatic technique, including the very slow and delicate insertion and administration of intraoperative corticosteroids, can improve hearing outcomes.
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- Chung-Ching Lin
- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Tarabichi O, Jensen M, Hansen MR. Advances in hearing preservation in cochlear implant surgery. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2021; 29:385-390. [PMID: 34354014 PMCID: PMC9002354 DOI: 10.1097/moo.0000000000000742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Advancements in cochlear implant surgical approaches and electrode designs have enabled preservation of residual acoustic hearing. Preservation of low-frequency hearing allows cochlear implant users to benefit from electroacoustic stimulation, which improves performance in complex listening situations, such as music appreciation and speech understanding in noise. Despite the relative high rates of success of hearing preservation, postoperative acoustic hearing outcomes remain unpredictable. RECENT FINDINGS Thin, flexible, lateral wall arrays are preferred for hearing preservation. Both shortened and thin, lateral wall arrays have shown success with hearing preservation and the optimal implant choice is an issue of ongoing investigation. Electrocochleography can monitor cochlear function during and after insertion of the electrode array. The pathophysiology of hearing loss acutely after cochlear implant may differ from that involved in delayed hearing loss following cochlear implant. Emerging innovations may reduce cochlear trauma and improve hearing preservation. SUMMARY Hearing preservation is possible using soft surgical techniques and electrode arrays designed to minimize cochlear trauma; however, a subset of patients suffer from partial to total loss of acoustic hearing months to years following surgery despite evidence of residual apical hair cell function. Early investigations in robotic-assisted insertion and dexamethasone-eluting implants show promise.
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- Osama Tarabichi
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
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Bennion DM, Horne R, Peel A, Reineke P, Henslee A, Kaufmann C, Guymon CA, Hansen MR. Zwitterionic Photografted Coatings of Cochlear Implant Biomaterials Reduce Friction and Insertion Forces. Otol Neurotol 2021; 42:1476-1483. [PMID: 34310554 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000003288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Application of photografted zwitterionic coatings to cochlear implant (CI) biomaterials will reduce friction and insertion forces. BACKGROUND Strategies to minimize intracochlear trauma during implantation of an electrode array are critical to optimize outcomes including preservation of residual hearing. To this end, advances in thin-film zwitterionic hydrogel coatings on relevant biomaterials may show promise, in addition to the potential of these materials for decreasing the intracochlear foreign body response. METHODS Using a recently designed one-step process, thin-film coatings derived from zwitterionic sulfobetaine methacrylate (SBMA) were photopolymerized and photografted to the surface of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS, silastic) samples and also to CI arrays from two manufacturers. Fluorescein staining and scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy verified and characterized the coatings. Tribometry was used to measure the coefficient of friction between uncoated and coated PDMS and synthetic and biological tissues. Force transducer measurements were obtained during insertion of uncoated (n = 9) and coated (n = 9) CI electrode arrays into human cadaveric cochleae. RESULTS SBMA thin-film coating of PDMS resulted in >90% reduction in frictional coefficients with steel, ceramic, and dermal tissue from guinea pigs (p < 0.0001). We employed a novel method for applying covalently bonded, durable, and uniform coating in geographically selective areas at the electrode array portion of the implant. Image analysis confirmed uniform coating of PDMS systems and the CI electrode arrays with SBMA polymer films. During insertion of electrode arrays into human cadaveric cochleae, SBMA coatings reduced maximum force by ∼40% during insertion (p < 0.001), as well as decreasing force variability and the overall work of insertion. CONCLUSION Thin-film SBMA photografted coatings on PDMS and electrode arrays significantly reduce frictional coefficients and insertional forces in cadaveric cochleae. These encouraging findings support that thin-film zwitterionic coating of CI electrode arrays may potentially reduce insertional trauma and thereby promote improved hearing and other long-term outcomes.
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- Douglas M Bennion
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa iotaMotion, Inc, Iowa City, Iowa
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Schwam ZG, Kaul VF, Perez E, Wanna GB, Cosetti MK. Initial Experience With a Recently Developed Lateral Wall Electrode. Laryngoscope 2021; 131:2782-2788. [PMID: 34296451 DOI: 10.1002/lary.29779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To review our hearing preservation rates and speech recognition outcomes in patients undergoing cochlear implantation with a recently developed lateral wall electrode. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS Retrospective case series of all patients, both pediatric and adult, undergoing cochlear implantation with the Advanced Bionics Hifocus™ SlimJ electrode between December 2017 and January 2020. Main outcomes included hearing preservation rates using several definitions, speech recognition testing primarily through Arizona Biosciences (AzBio) and Consonant-Nucleus-Consonant (CNC) testing, intra- and postoperative complications. RESULTS Sixty-one ears underwent implantation with the new electrode. Hearing preservation rates were 13.0% to 36.0% depending on the definition used. Speech recognition testing showed significant increases from pre- to postoperative condition (Implant-only AzBio: 24.1 to 48.3, P = .004, binaural AzBio: 46.1 to 65.9, P = .002, Implant-only CNC: 9.7 to 35.1, P < .001, binaural CNC: 29.8 to 59.40, P < .001) with last speech recognition testing occurring an average of 8.8 months postoperatively. The elderly population had the worst hearing preservation rates across all definitions. Five explantations were required due to two infections and three device failures. CONCLUSION Hearing preservation rates varied significantly depending on the definition used, but users experienced a significant improvement in speech recognition testing after implantation. More work is needed in the community to standardize the definition of residual hearing and hearing preservation. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 4 Laryngoscope, 2021.
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- Zachary G Schwam
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, U.S.A.,Department of Otolaryngology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, New York, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, U.S.A.,Department of Otolaryngology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, New York, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, U.S.A.,Department of Otolaryngology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, New York, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, U.S.A.,Department of Otolaryngology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, New York, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, U.S.A.,Department of Otolaryngology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, New York, U.S.A
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Slim, Modiolar Cochlear Implant Electrode: Melbourne Experience and Comparison With the Contour Perimodiolar Electrode. Otol Neurotol 2021; 41:639-643. [PMID: 32150026 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000002617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the tip fold over rate, scalar localization, and speech perception outcomes of the CI532 Slim Modiolar Electrode. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTION All patients receiving the CI532 implant before June 2018. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Outcome measures for adults patients include pre- and postoperative speech perception, operative report details, electrode position as determined by X-ray and cone beam computed tomography. Comparison made with previous experience with the Contour perimodiolar electrode (CI512). In the pediatric population tip fold-over rate, measured by intraoperative X-ray, was the exclusive outcome. RESULTS One hundred twenty-five CI532 devices were implanted in adults and 69 in children. Electrode tip fold-over occurred in eight adults cases and none among children (4.1%). Cone beam CT scans of 120 out of 125 adult patients confirmed scala tympani (ST) position in all but one case where the electrode had been placed into scala vestibuli. There were no translocations from ST to scala vestibuli. This compares favorably with the CI512 translocation rate of 17%. Speech perception outcomes demonstrated good performance with mean preop phoneme scores of 16.2% (±13) increasing to 64.2% (±14) and 71.6 (±16) 3 and 12-months postop, respectively. Compared with a matched group of CI512 recipients, CI532 recipient phoneme scores were significantly higher 3 and 12-months postop by 4 and 7%, respectively. CONCLUSION The slim modiolar, CI532 electrode has provided very reliable ST position with a low rate of tip fold over. A trend toward better speech perception scores in CI532 compared with CI512 was observed.
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Evaluation of Insertion Forces and Cochlea Trauma Following Robotics-Assisted Cochlear Implant Electrode Array Insertion. Otol Neurotol 2021; 41:631-638. [PMID: 32604327 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000002608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS The objective was to evaluate the effect of cochlear implant (CI) insertion technique on electrode insertion forces and intracochlear trauma. We hypothesize that robotics-assisted insertions will reduce insertion forces and intracochlear trauma compared with manual insertions. BACKGROUND Variability in CI outcomes exists across patients, implant centers, surgeons, and electrode types. While surgical techniques that reduce electrode insertion trauma are well established, insertion trauma remains one contributing factor to variability in CI outcomes. Previous work demonstrates that micromechanically controlled insertion tools reduce both maximum insertion forces and insertion variability compared with manual insertions. METHODS CI electrode insertions were performed either by hand (n = 12) or utilizing a robotics-assisted tool (n = 12) in fresh frozen, human cadaveric cochleae using electrodes from four different CI manufacturers. Electrodes array insertion forces were additionally evaluated in benchtop cochlea models. Following cadaveric insertions, samples were imaged via high resolution x-ray microscopy to evaluate electrode position and intracochlear trauma events based on a modified Eshraghi scale. RESULTS Electrode array insertions performed by robotics-assisted system showed significantly lower insertion forces and variability. Manual electrode array insertions had a significantly higher overall trauma score of 3.1 ± 2.0 compared with 0.9 ± 1.0 for robotics-assisted insertions. Robotics-assisted insertions had higher rate of basilar membrane elevations while manual insertions showed higher rates of severe trauma events. CONCLUSIONS The robotic-assisted insertion system reduced trauma events associated with CI electrode insertions in cadaveric cochleae compared with manual insertions. Surgical devices which help to precisely and more consistently insert electrodes may improve CI outcomes and hearing preservation.
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Tejani VD, Kim JS, Oleson JJ, Abbas PJ, Brown CJ, Hansen MR, Gantz BJ. Residual Hair Cell Responses in Electric-Acoustic Stimulation Cochlear Implant Users with Complete Loss of Acoustic Hearing After Implantation. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2021; 22:161-176. [PMID: 33538936 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-021-00785-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Changes in cochlear implant (CI) design and surgical techniques have enabled the preservation of residual acoustic hearing in the implanted ear. While most Nucleus Hybrid L24 CI users retain significant acoustic hearing years after surgery, 6-17 % experience a complete loss of acoustic hearing (Roland et al. Laryngoscope. 126(1):175-81. (2016), Laryngoscope. 128(8):1939-1945 (2018); Scheperle et al. Hear Res. 350:45-57 (2017)). Electrocochleography (ECoG) enables non-invasive monitoring of peripheral auditory function and may provide insight into the pathophysiology of hearing loss. The ECoG response is evoked using an acoustic stimulus and includes contributions from the hair cells (cochlear microphonic-CM) as well as the auditory nerve (auditory nerve neurophonic-ANN). Seven Hybrid L24 CI users with complete loss of residual hearing months after surgery underwent ECoG measures before and after loss of hearing. While significant reductions in CMs were evident after hearing loss, all participants had measurable CMs despite having no measurable acoustic hearing. None retained measurable ANNs. Given histological data suggesting stable hair cell and neural counts after hearing loss (e.g., Quesnel et al. Hear Res. 333:225-234. (2016)), the loss of ECoG and audiometric hearing may reflect reduced synaptic input. This is consistent with the theory that residual CM responses coupled with little to no ANN responses reflect a "disconnect" between hair cells and auditory nerve fibers (Fontenot et al. Ear Hear. 40(3):577-591. 2019). This "disconnection" may prevent proper encoding of auditory stimulation at higher auditory pathways, leading to a lack of audiometric responses, even in the presence of viable cochlear hair cells.
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- Viral D Tejani
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA. .,Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.,Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.,Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.,Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Preimplant Hearing Threshold: An Important Predictor of Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implantation With Lateral Wall Electrodes. Otol Neurotol 2021; 42:e145-e152. [PMID: 33026782 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000002896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcomes and association factors of long-term hearing preservation (HP) in cochlear implantation with lateral wall (LW) electrode arrays. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case review. SETTING Tertiary academic center. PATIENTS Thirty-four consecutive ears from 32 patients with a ≤ 80 dB HL preoperative low-frequency pure-tone average of 250 to 500 Hz were included. INTERVENTION Cochlear implantation with LW electrode arrays and the intention of achieving HP. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES HP classifications according to the HEARRING group and functional HP methods (≤ 85 dB HL of pure-tone threshold at 250 Hz) at 1 year postoperatively. RESULTS Based on the HEARRING classification, complete, partial, and minimal HP was achieved in 7 ears (21%), 12 ears (35%), and 4 ears (12%), respectively. Under functional classification, 14 ears (41%) exhibited functional hearing after surgery. The average threshold shift was 17.1 dB HL (SD = 16.9 dB HL). Among various clinical features, a ≤ 60 dB HL preimplant pure-tone threshold of 250 Hz was associated with HP outcome in both classifications (OR = 12.95, 95% CI = 1.29-130.01, p = 0.029 in HEARRING classification; OR = 14.36, 95% CI = 1.07-191.40, p = 0.044 in functional classification). The following parameters were not associated with HP (p > 0.05): patient demographics, surgical aspects (insertion route and depth), electrode array size, scalar electrode position, and presence of comorbidity. CONCLUSION With LW electrode arrays, HP was achieved in 68% of HEARRRING group patients and 41% of functional classification patients. A ≤ 60 dB HL preimplant pure-tone threshold of 250 Hz was significantly associated with an increased rate of long-term HP.
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Woodson E, Nelson RC, Smeal M, Haberkamp T, Sydlowski S. Initial hearing preservation outcomes of cochlear implantation with a slim perimodiolar electrode array. Cochlear Implants Int 2021; 22:148-156. [PMID: 33443000 DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2020.1858553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the slim modiolar array as a hearing preservation electrode. METHODS Retrospective chart review of adult, post-lingual CI recipients implanted with slim modiolar array Sept 2016 to July 2017 in a tertiary referral center. Baseline audiograms were obtained within six months of initial CI evaluation. Patients with low frequency pure tone average (LFPTA) (125, 250, 500 Hz) <80 dB were considered HP candidates. Postoperative audiograms were obtained within 48 h before activation. Successful HP was considered as (1) retention of LFPTA threshold <80 dB and (2) change in threshold from pre- to post-operative. RESULTS Sixty-three patients received the slim perimodiolar array and 42 were HP candidates. Post-operative audiograms were obtained for 39 of 42 patients an average of 28.92 days after surgery. 56.4% of HP candidates retainedLFPTA <80 dB. Mean ΔLFPTA was 24.15 dB (±16.14; p < 0.001). 56.4% of HP candidates experienced Δ LFPTA <20 dB; 69.2% <30 dB. Functional hearing preservation was more successful in lower frequencies where starting thresholds were better - 78% with LFPTA <50 dB retained serviceable hearing at activation. The postoperative change was similar in each low frequency (Δ125 Hz: mean 21.25 +/- 14.76 (N = 28); Δ250 Hz: 26.28 +/- 19.29 (N = 39); Δ500 Hz: 25.00 +/- 17.73 (N = 39)). CONCLUSIONS The slim perimodiolar array is moderately effective at immediate hearing preservation. In subjects with preoperative audiometric profiles similar to those in prior EAS trials, immediate HP is comparable.
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- Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
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INTRODUCTION A modern cochlear implant electrode array design must combine: improved surgical ease of use, structure preservation, particularly important for pediatric application, stable position within the cochlea over time, and a meaningful balance between hearing preservation against addressing sufficient cochlear tissue to support electrical-only hearing. The aim of this study was to investigate a new lateral wall electrode array design from Advanced Bionics on human temporal bones (TBs). METHODS Ten fresh-frozen TBs were implanted with the SlimJ electrode array via the round window. The electrode array is 23 mm long, with a cross-section varying from 0.25 × 0.55 mm at the most apical contact to 0.6 × 0.8 mm at the proximal marker contact. To assess location of the electrode array, the TBs were postoperatively scanned using cone beam computed tomography, and histology was performed to assess intracochlear trauma (Grades 0-4). RESULTS All electrode arrays were considered easy to insert. The average insertion depth was 432 degrees measured from the round window with a range from 411 to 450 degrees azimuth. Nine out of 10 electrode arrays were inserted fully (<0.5 mm out of the cochlea), one electrode array was left 1.5 mm out of the cochlea. No translocations were observed in all 10 cochleae, slight touching of the basilar membrane at the distal portion of the array was observed in 50% of the cases. CONCLUSION The results from the new thin lateral wall electrode array from Advanced Bionics provided consistent scala tympani locations. No translocations were observed and almost all electrode arrays were fully inserted. These results are promising and the new electrode array will be further studied in clinical practice investigating hearing preservation capabilities and speech performance.
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Speech Perception Outcomes for Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients Using a Lateral Wall or Perimodiolar Array. Otol Neurotol 2020; 40:608-616. [PMID: 31083082 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000002189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM To assess the speech perception outcomes of adult CI recipients with significant preimplant low frequency hearing, examining differences between perimodiolar and lateral wall electrode placement in order to provide clinical guidance for clinicians and surgeons. METHODS A prospective cohort study was undertaken identifying all adults who received a thin straight electrode array (TSEA) at the Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital (RVEEH) from 2010 to 2015 and who had a preimplant low frequency pure tone median ≤70 dB HL (n = 63). A retrospective review was completed of the RVEEH database to identify a comparison group who had been implanted with a perimodiolar electrode array, comprising adults implanted between 2004 and 2011 (PM Group) with preimplant hearing equivalent to the TSEA group (n = 70). The TSEA Group were further divided into subgroups in which n = 19 used EAS (TSEA-EAS) and n = 44 who used electric-only hearing (TSEA-Standard). RESULTS There was no significant difference in median speech perception outcomes between the TSEA and PM Groups (TSEA 61.7%, PM 67.3%, p = 0.954). A significant difference was found between the TSEA-EAS and TSEA-Standard subgroups for median speech perception outcome (TSEA-EAS median 73.5%, TSEA-Standard median 58.3%, p = 0.043). CONCLUSIONS Significant speech perception benefit following cochlear implantation was achieved with both the perimodiolar and lateral wall electrode arrays and no significant difference was found between outcomes with those array types in this population of adults with functional low frequency hearing pre-implant. Those that received a TSEA, had preserved hearing, and utilised an EAS sound processor performed better than their peers with a TSEA and electric-only hearing.
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Gotamco GL, Sun CH, Chou YF, Hsu CJ, Wu HP. Effect of Round Window Opening Size on Residual Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implantation. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2020; 163:375-381. [PMID: 32204664 DOI: 10.1177/0194599820912032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study aims to compare the hearing preservation outcomes in cochlear implant surgery following slit versus full opening of the round window membrane. SETTING Tertiary referral center. STUDY DESIGN Comparative study. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Seventy patients (mean, 26.3 years; range, 2-69 years) who underwent cochlear implantation via the round window approach were included in the study. Thirty-five subjects were prospectively enrolled for cochlear implantation via the open round window technique between August 2018 and January 2019. Thirty-five patients who underwent cochlear implantation from January 2017 to July 2018 via the slit round window opening, frequency matched by sex and age, were retrospectively enrolled. Pre- and postoperative thresholds were obtained. The percentage of hearing preservation was computed with the HEARRING Network formula and classified into complete, partial, and minimal hearing preservation. The results between the groups were compared and analyzed at 6 months postoperatively. RESULTS The rate of complete hearing preservation in the open group was statistically significant (P = .030) at 71.4% (n = 25) as compared with 45.7% (n = 16) in the slit group. CONCLUSIONS The widely opened round window may be an optional technique that surgeons can utilize to improve hearing preservation outcomes.
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- Giselle L Gotamco
- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan.,Section of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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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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Slim Perimodiolar Arrays Are as Effective as Slim Lateral Wall Arrays for Functional Hearing Preservation After Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol 2020; 41:e674-e679. [DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000002622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Electrode Array Type and Its Impact on Impedance Fluctuations and Loss of Residual Hearing in Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol 2020; 41:186-191. [DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000002457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Foggia MJ, Quevedo RV, Hansen MR. Intracochlear fibrosis and the foreign body response to cochlear implant biomaterials. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol 2019; 4:678-683. [PMID: 31890888 PMCID: PMC6929576 DOI: 10.1002/lio2.329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To report current knowledge on the topic of intracochlear fibrosis and the foreign body response following cochlear implantation (CI). METHODS A literature search was performed in PubMed to identify peer-reviewed articles. Search components included "cochlear implant," "Foreign body response (FBR)," and "fibrosis." Original studies and review articles relevant to the topic were included. RESULTS Ninety peer-reviewed articles describing the foreign body response or intracochlear fibrosis following CI were included. CONCLUSIONS Intracochlear fibrosis following CI represents a significant limiting factor for the success of CI users. Several strategies have been employed to mitigate the foreign body response within the cochlea including drug delivery systems and modifications in surgical technique and electrode design. A better understanding of the FBR has the potential to improve CI outcomes and the next generation of cochlear prostheses.
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- Megan J. Foggia
- Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck SurgeryUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsIowa CityIowa
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck SurgeryUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsIowa CityIowa
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck SurgeryUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsIowa CityIowa
- Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsIowa CityIowa
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Weiss NM, Dhanasingh A, Schraven SP, Schulze M, Langner S, Mlynski R. Surgical approach for complete cochlear coverage in EAS-patients after residual hearing loss. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0223121. [PMID: 31557251 PMCID: PMC6762079 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Introduction In cases with residual-hearing (RH) loss after cochlear implantation, a safe method is needed to provide full spectral resolution and as much auditory information as possible without implant replacement. Aim of this study was to prove the feasibility of accessing a partially inserted cochlear-implant-electrode for complete insertion to its maximum length through the external ear canal using a transcanal approach. Methods Two CI electrodes were customized with 18 stimulating channels. The electrode design enables the use of 12 active channels available for electrical stimulation inside the cochlea both after partial and full insertion. 10 CI electrodes were implanted in 10 fresh human cadaveric temporal bones. After initial partial insertion by posterior tympanotomy, the electrode was inserted to its maximum length via a transcanal approach. Radiographs and CT scans were performed to confirm the electrode position. The electrodes were investigated via x-ray after removal. Results X-ray and CT-scans confirmed the electrode prototypes covering an angular insertion depth between 236° to 307° after initial insertion. Accessing the electrode in the middle ear space was feasible and insertion to its full length was successful. Post-insertion CT confirmed insertion of the 28mm and 31.5mm electrode arrays covering an angular insertion depth between 360° and 540° respectively. No tip foldovers were detected. Conclusion This study confirms the feasibility of extending the electrode insertion to its maximum insertion length using a transcanal approach in temporal bone specimens. This constitutes a second stage procedure on demand in EAS-surgery. This may be beneficial for EAS-patients providing electrical stimulation beyond the basal turn of the cochlea once the functional residual hearing is lost, without replacing the entire CI.
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- Nora M. Weiss
- Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,”Otto Koerner”Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,”Otto Koerner”Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Rostock University Medical Center, Institute of Anatomy Gertrudenstraße, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Pediatric and Neuroradiology, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,”Otto Koerner”Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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Perenyi A, Toth F, Dimak B, Nagy R, Schoerg P, Jori J, Kiss JG, Sprinzl G, Csanady M, Rovo L. Electrophysiological measurements with electrode types of different perimodiolar properties and the same cochlear implant electronics - a retrospective comparison study. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2019; 48:46. [PMID: 31492190 PMCID: PMC6731597 DOI: 10.1186/s40463-019-0361-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- A Perenyi
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 111, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 111, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 111, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 111, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
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- Karl Landsteiner University Hospital of StPölten, Propst-Führer-Straße 4, 3100, St. Pölten, Austria
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 111, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 111, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
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- Karl Landsteiner University Hospital of StPölten, Propst-Führer-Straße 4, 3100, St. Pölten, Austria
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 111, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 111, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
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Claussen AD, Vielman Quevedo R, Mostaert B, Kirk JR, Dueck WF, Hansen MR. A mouse model of cochlear implantation with chronic electric stimulation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0215407. [PMID: 30998726 PMCID: PMC6472764 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Objectives Cochlear implants provide an effective treatment option for those with severe hearing loss, including those with preserved low frequency hearing. However, certain issues can reduce implant efficacy including intracochlear tissue response and delayed loss of residual acoustic hearing. We describe a mouse model of cochlear implantation with chronic electric stimulation that can be used to study cochlear implant biology and related pathologies. Methods Twelve normal hearing adult CBA/J mice underwent unilateral cochlear implantation and were evenly divided into one group receiving electric stimulation and one not. Serial impedance and neural response telemetry (NRT) measurements were made to assess implant functionality. Functionality was defined as having at least one electrode with an impedance ≤ 35 kOhms. Mouse cochleae were harvested for histology and 3D x-ray microscopy 21 days post-operatively, or, in case the implant was still functional, at a later time point when the implant failed. A separate experiment measured the hearing preservation rate in 7 adult CBA/J mice undergoing unilateral cochlear implantation with serial auditory brainstem response (ABR) and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE). Results Implants maintained functionality for a mean of 35 days in the non-stimulated group and 19.8 days in the stimulated group. Reliable NRT and behavioral responses to electric stimulation were recorded. A robust intracochlear peri-implant tissue response with neo-ossification was seen in all cochleae. Six of seven mice maintained intact low frequency hearing up to 6 weeks following cochlear implantation. Conclusions We demonstrate the feasibility of cochlear implantation and behaviorally significant electric stimulation in the mouse, with the potential for hearing preservation. This model may be combined with established mouse models of hearing loss and the large genetic and molecular research toolkit unique to the mouse for mechanistic and therapeutic investigations of cochlear implant biology.
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- Alexander D. Claussen
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America
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Sierra C, Calderón M, Bárcena E, Tisaire A, Raboso E. Preservation of Residual Hearing After Cochlear Implant Surgery With Deep Insertion Electrode Arrays. Otol Neurotol 2019; 40:e373-e380. [DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000002170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Skarzynski H, Lorens A, Dziendziel B, Rajchel J, Matusiak M, Skarzynski P. Electro-Natural Stimulation in Partial Deafness Treatment of Adult Cochlear Implant Users: Long-Term Hearing Preservation Results. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 2019; 81:63-72. [DOI: 10.1159/000497060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Electro-natural Stimulation (ENS) in Partial Deafness Treatment: Pediatric Case Series. Otol Neurotol 2019; 40:171-176. [DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000002074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Moteki H, Nishio SY, Miyagawa M, Tsukada K, Noguchi Y, Usami SI. Feasibility of hearing preservation for residual hearing with longer cochlear implant electrodes. Acta Otolaryngol 2018; 138:1080-1085. [PMID: 30702034 DOI: 10.1080/00016489.2018.1508888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hearing preservation is thought to be achievable following atraumatic surgery with thin cochlear implant electrodes; therefore, the surgical approach and implant electrode design are crucial considerations. OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility of hearing preservation with long electrodes for patients meeting the criteria for conventional cochlear implantation. METHODS One hundred and two patients (132 ears) who underwent cochlear implant surgery were analyzed. Inclusion criteria included measurable residual hearing in the low frequency before implantation and not meeting the criteria for electric acoustic stimulation (EAS). RESULTS Of the 18 patients with residual hearing in the low frequency enrolled, 17 subjects (94.4%) retained low frequency hearing. A younger age at surgery tended to contribute to better hearing preservation than that observed in older patients. There was no clear trend regarding the influence of insertion depth angle of the electrode on hearing preservation. CONCLUSION It is possible to achieve hearing preservation in the lower frequency by the use of longer electrodes. This study underscores the importance of atraumatic surgery, even for patients with only limited residual hearing, and longer electrodes should be adopted for EAS.
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- Hideaki Moteki
- aDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
- bDepartment of Hearing Implant Sciences, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- aDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
- bDepartment of Hearing Implant Sciences, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- aDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- aDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- bDepartment of Hearing Implant Sciences, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
- cDepartment of Otolaryngology, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan
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- aDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
- bDepartment of Hearing Implant Sciences, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Welch C, Dillon MT, Pillsbury HC. Electric and Acoustic Stimulation in Cochlear Implant Recipients with Hearing Preservation. Semin Hear 2018; 39:414-427. [PMID: 30374212 PMCID: PMC6203459 DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1670707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Hearing loss affects 30 million people in the United States, and a subset of these patients have normal low-frequency hearing and ski-sloped high-frequency hearing loss. For these patients, hearing aids alone may not provide adequate benefit. Cochlear implantation alone has been utilized to improve speech perception. The addition of high-frequency electric hearing to low-frequency acoustic hearing in these patients is beneficial. Technical improvements have allowed preservation of low-frequency hearing in cochlear implant recipients, allowing for electric and acoustic stimulation in the same ear with significant improvements in speech perception, sound localization, music appreciation, and quality of life.
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- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Kim JS, Tejani VD, Abbas PJ, Brown CJ. Postoperative Electrocochleography from Hybrid Cochlear Implant users: An Alternative Analysis Procedure. Hear Res 2018; 370:304-315. [PMID: 30393003 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Shorter electrode arrays and soft surgical techniques allow for preservation of acoustic hearing in many cochlear implant (CI) users. Recently, we developed a method of using the Neural Response Telemetry (NRT) system built in Custom Sound EP clinical software to record acoustically evoked electrocochleography (ECoG) responses from an intracochlear electrode in Nucleus Hybrid CI users (Abbas et al., 2017). We recorded responses dominated by the hair cells (cochlear microphonic, CM/DIF) and the auditory nerve (auditory nerve neurophonic, ANN/SUM). Unfortunately, the recording procedure was time consuming, limiting potential clinical applications. This report describes a modified method to record the ECoG response more efficiently. We refer to this modified technique as the "short window" method, while our previous technique (Abbas et al., 2017) is referred as the "long window" method. In this report, our goal was to 1) evaluate the feasibility of the short window method to record the CM/DIF and ANN/SUM responses, 2) characterize the reliability and sensitivity of the measures recorded using the short window method, and 3) evaluate the relationship between the CM/DIF and ANN/SUM measures recorded using the modified method and audiometric thresholds. METHOD Thirty-four postlingually deafened adult Hybrid CI users participated in this study. Acoustic tone bursts were presented at four frequencies (250, 500, 750, and 1000 Hz) at various stimulation levels via an insert earphone in both condensation and rarefaction polarities. Acoustically evoked ECoG responses were recorded from the most apical electrode in the intracochlear array. These two responses were subtracted to emphasize the CM/DIF responses and added to emphasize the ANN/SUM responses. Response thresholds were determined based on visual inspection of time waveforms, and trough-to-peak analysis technique was used to quantify response amplitudes. Within-subject comparison of responses measured using both short and long window methods were obtained from seven subjects. We also assessed the reliability and sensitivity of the short window method by comparing repeated measures from 19 subjects at different times. Correlations between CM/DIF and ANN/SUM measures using the short window recording method and audiometric thresholds were also assessed. RESULTS Regardless of the recording method, CM/DIF responses were larger than ANN/SUM responses. Responses obtained using the short window method were positively correlated to those obtained using the conventional long window method. Subjects who had stable acoustic hearing at two different time points had similar ECoG responses at those points, confirming high test-retest reliability of the short window method. Subjects who lost hearing between two different time points showed increases in ECoG thresholds, suggesting that physiologic ECoG responses are sensitive to audiometric changes. Correlations between CM/DIF and ANN/SUM thresholds and audiometric thresholds at all tested frequencies were significant. CONCLUSION This study compares two different recording methods. Intracochlear ECoG measures recorded using the short window technique were efficient, reliable, and repeatable. We were able to collect more frequency specific data with the short window method, and observed similar results between the long window and short window methods. Correlations between physiological thresholds and audiometric thresholds were similar to those reported previously using the long window method (Abbas et al., 2017). This is an important finding because it demonstrates that clinically-available software can be used to measure frequency-specific ECoG responses with enhanced efficiency, increasing the odds that this technique might move from the laboratory into clinical practice.
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- Jeong-Seo Kim
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Yamahara K, Nishimura K, Ogita H, Ito J, Nakagawa T, Furuta I, Kita T, Omori K, Yamamoto N. Hearing preservation at low frequencies by insulin-like growth factor 1 in a guinea pig model of cochlear implantation. Hear Res 2018; 368:92-108. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2017] [Revised: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Analysis of Different Approaches for Clinical Cochlear Coverage Evaluation After Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol 2018; 39:e642-e650. [DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000001904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Abbas PJ, Tejani VD, Scheperle RA, Brown CJ. Using Neural Response Telemetry to Monitor Physiological Responses to Acoustic Stimulation in Hybrid Cochlear Implant Users. Ear Hear 2018; 38:409-425. [PMID: 28085738 PMCID: PMC5482777 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000000400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This report describes the results of a series of experiments where we use the neural response telemetry (NRT) system of the Nucleus cochlear implant (CI) to measure the response of the peripheral auditory system to acoustic stimulation in Nucleus Hybrid CI users. The objectives of this study were to determine whether they could separate responses from hair cells and neurons and to evaluate the stability of these measures over time. DESIGN Forty-four CI users participated. They all had residual acoustic hearing and used a Nucleus Hybrid S8, S12, or L24 CI or the standard lateral wall CI422 implant. The NRT system of the CI was used to trigger an acoustic stimulus (500-Hz tone burst or click), which was presented at a low stimulation rate (10, 15, or 50 per second) to the implanted ear via an insert earphone and to record the cochlear microphonic, the auditory nerve neurophonic and the compound action potential (CAP) from an apical intracochlear electrode. To record acoustically evoked responses, a longer time window than is available with the commercial NRT software is required. This limitation was circumvented by making multiple recordings for each stimulus using different time delays between the onset of stimulation and the onset of averaging. These recordings were then concatenated off-line. Matched recordings elicited using positive and negative polarity stimuli were added off-line to emphasize neural potentials (SUM) and subtracted off-line to emphasize potentials primarily generated by cochlear hair cells (DIF). These assumptions regarding the origin of the SUM and DIF components were tested by comparing the magnitude of these derived responses recorded using various stimulation rates. Magnitudes of the SUM and DIF components were compared with each other and with behavioral thresholds. RESULTS SUM and DIF components were identified for most subjects, consistent with both hair cell and neural responses to acoustic stimulation. For a subset of the study participants, the DIF components grew as stimulus level was increased, but little or no SUM components were identified. Latency of the CAPs in response to click stimuli was long relative to reports in the literature of recordings obtained using extracochlear electrodes. This difference in response latency and general morphology of the CAPs recorded was likely due to differences across subjects in hearing loss configuration. The use of high stimulation rates tended to decrease SUM and CAP components more than DIF components. We suggest this effect reflects neural adaptation. In some individuals, repeated measures were made over intervals as long as 9 months. Changes over time in DIF, SUM, and CAP thresholds mirrored changes in audiometric threshold for the subjects who experienced loss of acoustic hearing in the implanted ear. CONCLUSIONS The Nucleus NRT software can be used to record peripheral responses to acoustic stimulation at threshold and suprathreshold levels, providing a window into the status of the auditory hair cells and the primary afferent nerve fibers. These acoustically evoked responses are sensitive to changes in hearing status and consequently could be useful in characterizing the specific pathophysiology of the hearing loss experienced by this population of CI users.
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- Paul J Abbas
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Montclair State University, Bloomfield, NJ, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Skarżyńska MB, Skarżyński PH, Król B, Kozieł M, Osińska K, Gos E, Skarżyński H. Preservation of Hearing Following Cochlear Implantation Using Different Steroid Therapy Regimens: A Prospective Clinical Study. Med Sci Monit 2018; 24:2437-2445. [PMID: 29680860 PMCID: PMC5933206 DOI: 10.12659/msm.906210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Background A prospective clinical study was conducted to assess different regimens of steroid therapy and preservation of hearing following cochlear implantation. Material/Methods Study participants were ≥18 years-of-age, with a cochlear duct length ≥27.1 mm measured by computed tomography (CT), with hearing sound levels in the range of 10–120 decibels (dB) and sound frequencies of 125–250 hertz (Hz); sound levels of 35–120 dB and frequencies of 500–1,000 Hz; sound levels of 75–120 dB and frequencies of 2,000–8,000 Hz. Study exclusion criteria included diseases with contraindications for steroid therapy or medications that increased the effects of steroids. Patients had cochlear implantation and were divided into three treatment groups: intravenous (IV) steroid therapy (standard steroid therapy): combined oral and IV steroid therapy (prolonged steroid therapy); and a control group (cochlear implantation without steroid therapy). Hearing preservation was established by pure tone audiometry based on the pre-operative and postoperative average hearing thresholds according to the formula developed by the HEARRING Network. Results There were 36 patients included in the study. In all cases, the cochlear implant electrode was inserted via the round window approach with a straight electrode length of 28 mm. Patients with combined oral and IV steroid therapy (prolonged steroid therapy) had better results when compared with patients with intravenous (IV) steroid therapy (standard steroid therapy) and the control group. Conclusions Prolonged steroid therapy using combined oral and IV steroids stabilized hearing thresholds and preserved hearing in adult patients following cochlear implantation.
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- Magdalena Beata Skarżyńska
- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland.,Institute of Sensory Organs, Kajetany, Poland
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland.,World Hearing Center, Kajetany, Poland.,Centre of Hearing and Speech Medincus, Kajetany, Poland.,Heart Failure and Cardiac Rehabilitation Department, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland.,World Hearing Center, Kajetany, Poland
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland.,World Hearing Center, Kajetany, Poland
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland.,World Hearing Center, Kajetany, Poland
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland.,World Hearing Center, Kajetany, Poland
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland.,World Hearing Center, Kajetany, Poland
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A New Slim Modiolar Electrode Array for Cochlear Implantation: A Radiological and Histological Study. Otol Neurotol 2018; 38:e327-e334. [PMID: 28796083 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000001542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS To explore the results of a new slim modiolar electrode array (SMA) with respect to intracochlear placement and trauma evaluated by detailed radiologic imaging and histology. BACKGROUND Hearing and structure preservation is the goal of cochlear implantation for advanced hearing outcomes. Currently, this is most consistently achieved with thin lateral wall electrodes. Modiolar electrodes are located nearer the modiolus and may provide some electrophysiological advantages, but have a greater tendency for causing insertion trauma. METHODS The SMA was implanted in 20 fresh-frozen human temporal bones (TB). All TBs were scanned pre- and postoperatively with cone beam computed tomography. For atraumatic insertion, the round window approach was preferred. Scalar localization and trauma were analyzed by three-dimensional image fusion reconstructions of the pre- and postimplant scans. The TBs underwent histologic examination to validate the radiologic findings. RESULTS Insertion through the round window was performed in 19 TBs and through a cochleostomy in one TB. In one TB trauma in the form of scala translocation was identified radiologically and histologically. In the remaining TBs there was no insertion trauma. Adequate modiolar localization of the SMA was found in 19 of 20 TBs. The mean angular insertion depth was 400 degrees without correlation to cochlea size. There was no significant statistical difference between the radiological and histological measurements of electrode localization. CONCLUSION The SMA showed consistent and atraumatic insertion results in TBs. Pre- and postimplant cone beam computed tomography with image fusion was shown to be very accurate for the assessment of electrode position and insertion trauma.
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Roland JT, Gantz BJ, Waltzman SB, Parkinson AJ. Long-term outcomes of cochlear implantation in patients with high-frequency hearing loss. Laryngoscope 2018; 128:1939-1945. [PMID: 29330858 DOI: 10.1002/lary.27073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the long-term benefits of implantation in patients with high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss, this report provides 5-year follow-up on a group of implant recipients who were subjects of the Cochlear™ Nucleus® Hybrid™ L24 Implant System pivotal clinical study. METHODS The results of three related clinical studies were compiled to provide outcome data after 1, 3, and 5 years of implant use in a group of subjects who presented with preoperative high-frequency hearing loss and were implanted with a Nucleus Hybrid L24 (Cochlear Ltd., Sydney, Australia) cochlear implant. A subset of the 50 adult subjects (N = 32) who participated in the Hybrid L24 pivotal Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) completed comprehensive evaluations at 12 months postactivation, 3 years postactivation, and then as part of a postapproval study at 5 years postactivation. Testing included audiometric, speech perception, and subjective satisfaction measures. RESULTS Mean unilateral speech perception performance was significantly improved at all postoperative intervals compared to preoperative best-aided results and has remained stable to 5 years postactivation. Ninety-four percent of subjects had measurable hearing, and 72% continued to use electric-acoustic stimulation in the implanted ear after 5 years of implant use. Subjective satisfaction results support objective performance improvements. CONCLUSION Results demonstrate long-term success of patients with high-frequency hearing loss following Hybrid L24 (Cochlear) cochlear implantation. Benefits include speech perception abilities significantly better than those in the preoperative best-aided condition, with additional benefit in those using electric-acoustic stimulation in the implanted ear. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 2b. Laryngoscope, 1939-1945, 2018.
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- J Thomas Roland
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York
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Hearing Preservation Outcomes for 139 Cochlear Implant Recipients Using a Thin Straight Electrode Array. Otol Neurotol 2018; 38:678-684. [PMID: 28353622 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000001374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the hearing preservation outcomes in a large group of adult cochlear implant recipients implanted with a thin straight electrode array using atraumatic surgical techniques. Factors affecting hearing preservation will be investigated. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study undertaken at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne, Australia from December 2010 to May 2015. SETTING Tertiary academic hospital. PATIENTS One hundred thirty-nine adults undergoing cochlear implantation (CI). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Primary outcome measure of interest was pre and postoperative pure-tone audiometry. RESULTS Median low-frequency hearing change for the whole group of 139 recipients was -22.5 dB at the 3 months postop point. Eighty-six participants had functional preoperative low-frequency hearing (≤70 dB average at 250 and 500 Hz). Of these, 90.7% retained measureable hearing at 3 months postimplant. 39.5% of this original 86 participants retained functional hearing at 3 months postimplant. At 12 months postimplant, those who retained functional hearing at 3 months had no significant change in hearing. The group who lost functional hearing continued to have a significant deterioration in low-frequency hearing. Degree of hearing loss preimplant was identified as a predictor for the preservation of hearing postoperatively. CONCLUSION Preservation of hearing is possible following atraumatic cochlear implant surgery with a thin straight electrode array. The amount of hearing preserved seems to be variable, and factors related to this variability are not yet known. The results of the present study suggest preoperative low-frequency hearing at or better than 45 dB may be related to preservation of functional hearing.
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Importance of Perimodiolar Electrode Position for Psychoacoustic Discrimination in Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol 2017; 38:e429-e437. [PMID: 29135866 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000001594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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O’Connell BP, Dedmon MM, Haynes DS. Hearing Preservation Cochlear Implantation: a Review of Audiologic Benefits, Surgical Success Rates, and Variables That Impact Success. CURRENT OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY REPORTS 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s40136-017-0176-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Dalbert A, Huber A, Veraguth D, Roosli C, Pfiffner F. Assessment of Cochlear Trauma During Cochlear Implantation Using Electrocochleography and Cone Beam Computed Tomography. Otol Neurotol 2017; 37:446-53. [PMID: 26945317 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000000998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess cochlear trauma during cochlear implantation by electrocochleography (ECoG) and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and to correlate intraoperative cochlear trauma with postoperative loss of residual hearing. METHODS ECoG recordings to tone bursts at 250, 500, 750, and 1000 Hz and click stimuli were recorded before and after insertion of the cochlear implant electrode array, using an extracochlear recording electrode. CBCTs were conducted within 6 weeks after surgery. Changes of intraoperative ECoG recordings and CBCT findings were correlated with postoperative threshold shifts in pure-tone audiograms. RESULTS Fourteen subjects were included. In three subjects a decrease of low-frequency ECoG responses at 250, 500, 750, and 1000 Hz occurred after insertion of the electrode array. This was associated with no or minimal residual hearing 4 weeks after surgery. ECoG responses to click stimuli were present in six subjects and showed a decrease after insertion of the electrode array in three. This was associated with a mean hearing loss of 21 dB in postoperative pure-tone audiograms. Scalar dislocation of the electrode array was assumed in one subject because of CBCT findings and correlated with a decrease of low-frequency ECoG responses and a complete loss of residual hearing. CONCLUSION Hearing loss of ≤11 dB is not associated with detectable decrease in ECoG recordings during cochlear implantation. However, in a majority of patients with threshold shifts of >11 dB or complete hearing loss, an intraoperative decrease of high- or low-frequency ECoG signals occurs, suggesting acute cochlear trauma.
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- Adrian Dalbert
- University of Zurich and Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Zanetti D, Nassif N, Redaelli de Zinis LO. Factors affecting residual hearing preservation in cochlear implantation. ACTA OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGICA ITALICA 2017; 35:433-41. [PMID: 26900250 PMCID: PMC4755056 DOI: 10.14639/0392-100x-619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The likelihood of residual hearing preservation in cochlear implantation (CI) is related to surgical factors such as type of cochleostomy (trans-fenestral vs. promontorial), use of lubricants and protective drugs, and device-related factors such as shape, length and flexibility of the array. We investigated the impact of these factors on the hearing preservation rate in adults and children with conventional audiological indications to CI. Eighty-two children aged 1-9 years and 73 adults (16-79 years) received a CI in the right (59%) or left ear (41%). An anterior-inferior promontorial cochleostomy was performed in 143 ears (92%); a trans-fenestral approach was used in 12 (8%). A perimodiolar electrode was implanted in 144 ears (93%), and a straight electrode in the remaining 11 (7%). Overall, some post-operative hearing was retained in 39% of ears. The rate of preservation was higher at the low than at the high frequencies. When correlated with age, side of implant, implant model and type of cochleostomy, the mean threshold variations did not reach statistical significance for any of these variables. A slight trend in favour of better residual hearing preservation in children vs. adults was seen, especially at lower frequencies.
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- Audiology Department, University of Milano, IRCSS Policlinico "Ca' Granda", Milano, Italy
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- Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology Department, University of Brescia, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology Department, University of Brescia, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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