Envoy esteem totally implantable hearing system: Phase 2 trial, 1-year hearing results

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-109

  Kraus, Eric M ^a   Shohet, Jack A ^b   Catalano, Peter J ^c,d  

^a Ear Center of Greensboro PA   (United States)

^b Shohet Ear Associates   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver; Envoy; Envoy medical corporation; Esteem; Fully implantable; Glass ionomer cement; Laser doppler vibrometer; Middle ear device; Phase 2 clinical trial; Piezoelectric; Sensor; Sensorineural hearing loss; Sound processor; Totally implantable hearing system; Transducer; US food and Drug Administration approval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE SAFETY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; IMPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROSTHESIS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEMPORAL BONE; TRANSDUCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EAR OSSICLES; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TEMPORAL BONE; TRANSDUCERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052091672     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811401709     Document Type: Article

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