Insertion depth angles of cochlear implant arrays with varying length: A temporal bone study

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-63

  Franke Trieger, Annett ^a   Jolly, Claude ^b   Darbinjan, Alexander ^a   Zahnert, Thomas ^a   Mürbe, Dirk ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cochlea implant array; Flat panel computed tomography; Insertion depth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADULT; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 84891799811     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000211     Document Type: Article

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