Individual Hearing Preservation Cochlear Implantation Using the Concept of Partial Insertion

Abstract

First results of patients treated with partially inserted atraumatic lateral wall electrodes show good hearing preservation rates and very good speech perception results in EAS. Partial insertion appears to be a method for an individualized cochlea implantation. In case of postoperative hearing loss the electrode can be further inserted, so the patients can benefit from deeper insertion using electric stimulation only equivalent to larger electrodes.