A model for cochlear implant electrode insertion and force evaluation: Results with a new electrode design and insertion technique

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1325-1339

  Roland Jr , J Thomas ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear fluoroscopy; Cochlear implant; Electrode trauma; Intracochlear force

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRODE; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE;

CADAVER; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 23344447785     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000167993.05007.35     Document Type: Article

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