Electrical impedance of the cochlear implant lubricants hyaluronic acid, oxycellulose, and glycerin

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 653-656

  Mens, Lucas H ^a   Hombergen, Godfried C J H ^a   Oostendorp, Thom F ^b   Van den Broek, Paul ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Electrical resistivity; Evoked responses; Impedance; Lubricative substances

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; LUBRICATING AGENT;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; IMPEDANCE; LUBRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030792596     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949710600807     Document Type: Article

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