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11020188

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
The middle fossa approach was used in 11 patients with profound bilateral hearing loss for insertion of a cochlear implant. Fibroadhesive otitis media (n = 1), bilateral cavity radical mastoidectomy (n = 1), autoimmune inner ear disease (n = 2), previous cranial trauma (n = 1), genetic prelingual deafness (n = 5), and otosclerosis (n = 1) were the causes of deafness. A cochleostomy was performed on the most superficial part of the basal turn, and the electrode array was inserted up to the cochlear apex. Speech perception tests (1-9 months after cochlear implant activation) yielded better results in these patients compared with a homogeneous group of postlingually deaf patients operated on through the traditional transmastoid route. Insertion of the implant through the middle fossa cochleostomy furnishes the possibility of stimulating areas of the cochlea (ie, the middle and apical turns) where a greater survival rate of spiral ganglion cells is known to occur, with improvement of information regarding the formants relevant for speech perception.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0194-5998
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
123
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
467-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
New approach for cochlear implantation: cochleostomy through the middle fossa.
pubmed:affiliation
ENT Department, University of Verona, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study