Impact of the insertion speed of cochlear implant electrodes on the insertion forces

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-570

  Kontorinis, Georgios ^a   Lenarz, Thomas ^a   Stöver, Timo ^b   Paasche, Gerrit ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Electrode insertion speed; Electrode type; Force measurements; Surgeon's experience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; SCALA TYMPANI;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SCALA TYMPANI;

EID: 79957978500     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318219f6ac     Document Type: Article

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