The auditory midbrain implant: A new auditory prosthesis for neural deafness-concept and device description

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 838-843

  Lenarz, Thomas ^a   Lim, Hubert H ^a   Reuter, Guenter ^a   Patrick, James F ^b   Lenarz, Minoo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Research and Technology Labs   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory midbrain implant; Auditory prosthesis; Deep brain stimulation; Inferior colliculus; NF2

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANT; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CANCER SURGERY; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTRODE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE INJURY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TONOTOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

ALGORITHMS; AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANTS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748305815     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000232010.01116.e9     Document Type: Article

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