Journal article
Electrocochleography triggered intervention successfully preserves residual hearing during cochlear implantation: Results of a randomised clinical trial
Christofer Bester, Aaron Collins, Tayla Razmovski, Stefan Weder, Robert J Briggs, Benjamin Wei, Atiqah Farah Zakaria, Jean-Marc Gerard, Alistair Mitchell-Innes, Michael Tykocinski, Richard Kennedy, Claire Iseli, Markus Dahm, Simon Ellul, Stephen O'Leary
HEARING RESEARCH | ELSEVIER | Published : 2022
Abstract
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..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
Funding Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge engineers from Cochlear Ltd for assistance in developing software, the audiologists and staffat the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Implant Clinic for their support during the project, the surgeons and surgical registrars of the Clinic, and Amy Hampson for proofreading. Stephen O'Leary was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia), GNT0628679 and GNT1078673.