Sheep as a large animal model for middle and inner ear implantable hearing devices: A feasibility study in cadavers

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 481-489

  Schnabl, Johannes ^a   Glueckert, Rudolf ^a   Feuchtner, Gudrun ^b   Recheis, Wolfgang ^b   Potrusil, Thomas ^a   Kuhn, Volker ^a   Wolf Magele, Astrid ^a   Riechelmann, Herbert ^a   Sprinzl, Georg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acti; Animal model; Cochlea; Cochlear implantation; CT; Emiddle ear implant; Ibrant Soundbridge; Micro; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COCHLEA; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMPLANTATION; INCUS; INNER EAR; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCALA TYMPANI; SHEEP; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TEMPORAL BONE;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; EAR, INNER; EAR, MIDDLE; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCUS; MASTOID; ROUND WINDOW, EAR; SCALA TYMPANI; SHEEP; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861042964     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318248ee3a     Document Type: Article

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