Slim, Modiolar Cochlear Implant Electrode: Melbourne Experience and Comparison With the Contour Perimodiolar Electrode

Abstract

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 ..