Implantable hearing aids are gaining importance not only for the treatment of sensorineural
hearing loss but also for mixed hearing loss. The various hearing aid systems, combined …

The cochlea is normally driven with “forward” stimulation, in which sound is introduced to the
ear canal. Alternatively, the cochlea can be stimulated at the round window (RW) using an …

Background: Many patients receiving a CI have some remaining functional hearing at low
frequencies; thus, devices and surgical techniques have been developed to use this …

The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 600 million people are affected
with hearing loss worldwide. Of these, 250 million suffer from moderate to severe hearing …

The stapes is held in the oval window by the stapedial annular ligament (SAL), which
restricts total peak-to-peak displacement of the stapes. Previous studies have suggested that …

Background: New-onset sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) following mastoid surgery can
occur secondary to inadvertent drilling on the ossicular chain. To investigate this, we test the …

Background TCBCIs have recently been introduced as alternatives to DCBCIs. Clinical
studies have demonstrated elevated high-frequency thresholds for TCBCIs as compared …

Background: Preservation of residual hearing after cochlear implantation has gained
importance as simultaneous electric-acoustic stimulation allows for improved speech …

The Direct Acoustic Cochlea Stimulator Partial Implant (DACS PI, Phonak Acoustic Implants
SA, Switzerland) is intended to stimulate the cochlea by a conventional stapedotomy piston …

A number of methods to drive the round window (RW) using a floating mass transducer
(FMT) have been reported. This method has attracted attention because the FMT is relatively …