Viral D Tejani, Jeong-Seo Kim, Christine P Etler, Jeffrey Skidmore, Yi Yuan, Shuman He, Marlan R Hansen, Bruce J Gantz, Paul J Abbas, Carolyn J Brown
OBJECTIVE: Minimally traumatic surgical techniques and advances in cochlear implant (CI) electrode array designs have allowed acoustic hearing present in a CI candidate prior to surgery to be preserved postoperatively. As a result, these patients benefit from combined electric-acoustic stimulation (EAS) postoperatively. However, 30% to 40% of EAS CI users experience a partial loss of hearing up to 30 dB after surgery. This additional hearing loss is generally not severe enough to preclude use of acoustic amplification; however, it can still impact EAS benefits...
February 15, 2023: Ear and Hearing