Variance of angular insertion depths in free-fitting and perimodiolar cochlear implant electrodes

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-136

  Radeloff, Andreas ^a   Mack, Martin ^b   Baghi, Mehran ^b   Gstoettner, Wolfgang K ^b   Adunka, Oliver F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular insertion depth; Cochlear implant; Free fitting; Insertion angle; Perimodiolar; Variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRODE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE;

COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; TEMPORAL BONE; TISSUE FIXATION; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 38649124059     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318157f0ea     Document Type: Article

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