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8484942

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated the effects of long-term implantation of auditory prostheses on skull growth in young animals. Four monkeys were implanted with dummy cochlear implants at 6 months of age. To simulate implantation in children, the bed for the receiver-stimulator or interconnecting plug was drilled across a calvarial suture down to the underlying dura. Plain skull roentgenograms were periodically taken to monitor head growth for up to 3 years after implantation. These longitudinal measurements revealed no significant asymmetric skull growth. Postmortem measurements using computed tomographic scans confirmed these results and showed no significant difference in the intracranial volumes between the implanted and control sides of each animal or between experimental and nonimplanted control monkeys. These results suggest that long-term cochlear implantation in very young children will not cause any significant deformity of the skull.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0886-4470
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
525-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Pediatric cochlear implantation. Radiologic observations of skull growth.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.