Insertion site and sealing technique affect residual hearing and tissue formation after cochlear implantation
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Hearing Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2014
- Accepted Date
- Feb 10, 2014
- Volume
- 312
- Pages
- 21–27
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2014.02.002
- Source
- Elsevier
- Keywords
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
•Cochlear implantation via the round window membrane (RWM) or a cochleostomy.•Sealing material: no additional sealing, muscle graft or carboxylate cement.•Hearing thresholds correlated with the amount of tissue formation.•The RWM approach resulted in less tissue formation than the cochleostomy approach.•Carboxylate cement sealing resulted in a strong bone formation in the cochlea.
