Human cochlea: Anatomical characteristics and their relevance for cochlear implantation

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1791-1811

  Rask Andersen, Helge ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Erixon, Elsa ^a   Kinnefors, Anders ^a   Pfaller, Kristian ^b   Schrott Fischer, Annelies ^b   Glueckert, Rudolf ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomical variations; Cochlear implantation; Human cochlea; Trauma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA DUCT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; EARDRUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALA TYMPANI; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPIRAL GANGLION; SPIRAL LIGAMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84867894708     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22599     Document Type: Article

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