Cochlear implant deep electrode insertion: Extent of insertional trauma

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 274-277

  Gstoettner, Wolfgang ^a,b   Plenk Jr , Hanns ^a   Franz, Peter ^a   Hamzavi, Jafar ^a   Baumgartner, Wolf ^a   Czerny, Christian ^a   Ehrenberger, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

auditory; Combi 40; electrostimulation; hearing nerve; human temporal bones

Indexed keywords

CADAVER; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0030980713     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709117786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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