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Dr

Christo Bester

Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Fellow
Auditory electrophysiology
life sciences & biomedicine
science & technology
neurosciences & neurology
otorhinolaryngology
audiology & speech-language pathology
cochlear implantation
hearing loss
neurosciences
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Dr

Christo Bester

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry And Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Electrophysiology
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Dr

Christo Bester

 

Christo is an Australian auditory neuroscientist experienced in psychophysical and electrophysiological measurements in those with normal hearing, hearing impairment, and cochlear implants. He recently submitted his PhD thesis, titled "Mechanisms of auditory attention in normal and hearing impaired listeners", jointly through the schools of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, and Psychology at the University of Western Australia.

Christo was supervised by Emeritus Professors Don Robertson and Geoff Hammond.Christo now works in electrophysiological measurements in cochlear implant recipients, to better understand the mechanisms and prevention of hearing loss after receiving a cochlear implant.

Projects

Displaying the 3 most recent projects by Christo Bester.

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Four-Point Impedance As A Measure Of Intra-Cochlear Trauma

2018 - 2020
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Cochlear Project: Electrode Impedance Fluctuations: Traho Clinical Trial Data Analysis

2017 - 2019
Completed
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Cochlear Response Telemetry

2014 - 2020
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Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 11 most recent scholarly works by Christo Bester.

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Nanomechanical mapping reveals localized stiffening of the basilar membrane after cochlear implantation.

Jessica K Choong, Amy J Hampson, Kate M Brody, Jonathon Lo, Christofer W Bester, Anthony W Gummer, Nicholas P Reynolds, Stephen J O'Leary

Journal article  |  2020  |  Hearing Research

Cochlear implantation leads to many structural changes within the cochlea which can impair residual hearing. In patients with pres..

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Glucocorticoid for Hearing Preservation After Cochlear Implantation: A Systemic Review and Meta-analysis of Animal Studies.

Chanan Shaul, Padmavathi K Venkatagiri, Jonathon Lo, Hayden T Eastwood, Christofer W Bester, Robert JS Briggs, Stephen J O'Leary

Journal article  |  2019  |  Otology & Neurotology

OBJECTIVES: To conduct systematic review and meta-analyses of preclinical studies describing the efficacy of glucocorticoids admin..

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Intraoperative Intracochlear Electrocochleography and Residual Hearing Preservation Outcomes When Using Two Types of Slim Electrode Arrays in Cochlear Implantation.

Angel Ramos-Macias, Stephen O'Leary, Angel Ramos-deMiguel, Christo Bester, Juan C Falcon-González

Journal article  |  2019  |  Otology & Neurotology

OBJECTIVES: To report residual hearing preservation outcomes in patients with low frequency hearing, after cochlear implant (CI) e..

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Electrical Impedance as a Biomarker for Inner Ear Pathology Following Lateral Wall and Peri-modiolar Cochlear Implantation

Chanan Shaul, Christofer W Bester, Stefan Weder, June Choi, Hayden Eastwood, K Padmavathi, Aaron Collins, Stephen J O'Leary

Journal article  |  2019  |  Otology and Neurotology

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: Spikes in cochlear implant impedance are associated with inner ear pathology after implantation. Here, we c..

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Intraoperative force and electrocochleography measurements in an animal model of cochlear implantation

J Lo, C Bester, A Collins, C Newbold, A Hampson, S Chambers, H Eastwood, S O'Leary

Journal article  |  2018  |  Hearing Research

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Electrode Impedance Fluctuations as a Biomarker for Inner Ear Pathology After Cochlear Implantation

June Choi, Matthew R Payne, Luke J Campbell, Christo W Bester, Carrie Newbold, Hayden Eastwood, Stephen J O'Leary

Journal article  |  2017  |  Otology & Neurotology

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Altered attentional filters in subjects with graded levels of sensorineural hearing loss

Christofer W Bester, Donald Robertson, Dunay Taljaard, Geoff Hammond

Journal article  |  2017  |  Hearing Research

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Characterizing Electrocochleography in Cochlear Implant Recipients with Residual Low-Frequency Hearing

Christopher W Bester, Luke Campbell, Adrian Dragovic, Aaron Collins, Stephen J O'Leary

Journal article  |  2017  |  Frontiers in Neuroscience

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Electrophysiological Evidence of the Basilar-Membrane Travelling Wave and Frequency Place Coding of Sound in Cochlear Implant Recipients

Luke Campbell, Christofer Bester, Claire Iseli, David Sly, Adrian Dragovic, Anthony W Gummer, Stephen O'Leary

Journal article  |  2017  |  Audiology and Neurotology

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Selective attentional processes in cochlear implant recipients: Measurements of the attentional filter

Christofer Bester, Dona MP Jayakody, Geoffrey Hammond, Donald Robertson

Journal article  |  2016  |  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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Spontaneous hyperactivity in the auditory midbrain: Relationship to afferent input

Donald Robertson, Christofer Bester, Darryl Vogler, Wilhelmina HAM Mulders

Journal article  |  2013  |  Hearing Research

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Clinical Sciences
Neurosciences

Credentials

Positions

Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Fellow

Otolaryngology

Education

PhD

The University of Western Australia

Science (Neuroscience)

The University of Western Australia

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