Recent advances in local drug delivery to the inner ear

N El Kechai, F Agnely, E Mamelle, Y Nguyen… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Inner ear diseases are not adequately treated by systemic drug administration mainly
because of the blood–perilymph barrier that reduces exchanges between plasma and inner …

New molecular therapies for the treatment of hearing loss

Y Ma, AK Wise, RK Shepherd… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
An estimated 466 million people suffer from hearing loss worldwide. Sensorineural hearing
loss is characterized by degeneration of key structures of the sensory pathway in the …

Electrode array-eluted dexamethasone protects against electrode insertion trauma induced hearing and hair cell losses, damage to neural elements, increases in …

E Bas, J Bohorquez, S Goncalves, E Perez, CT Dinh… - Hearing research, 2016 - Elsevier
We evaluated the effects of dexamethasone base (DXMb) containing electrode arrays in a
guinea pig model of cochlear implantation to determine if eluted DXMb could protect the …

Hearing preservation surgery for cochlear implantation: a meta-analysis

PL Santa Maria, MB Gluth, Y Yuan, MD Atlas… - Otology & …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective To examine the results of hearing preservation in cochlear implantation surgery to
identify surgical technical factors, electrode array design factors, and steroid usage, which …

[HTML][HTML] Current strategies for drug delivery to the inner ear

H Liu, J Hao, KS Li - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2013 - Elsevier
For many years, drug delivery to the inner ear has been a challenge to physicians in the
treatment of inner ear disorders. In the past decade, the field of inner ear drug delivery has …

Overcoming barriers: a review on innovations in drug delivery to the middle and inner ear

DS Delaney, LJ Liew, J Lye, MD Atlas… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Despite significant advances in the development of therapeutics for hearing loss, drug
delivery to the middle and inner ear remains a challenge. As conventional oral or …

Conservation of hearing and protection of hair cells in cochlear implant patients' with residual hearing

E Bas, CT Dinh, C Garnham, M Polak… - … Record: Advances in …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This review covers the molecular mechanisms involved in hair cell and hearing losses which
can result from trauma generated during the process of cochlear implantation and the …

Cochlear implants: causes, effects and mitigation strategies for the foreign body response and inflammation

MT Rahman, DA Chari, G Ishiyama, I Lopez… - Hearing research, 2022 - Elsevier
Cochlear implants provide effective auditory rehabilitation for patients with severe to
profound sensorineural hearing loss. Recent advances in cochlear implant technology and …

Dexamethasone eluting cochlear implant: Histological study in animal model

M Farhadi, M Jalessi, P Salehian, FF Ghavi… - Cochlear implants …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Objective New cochlear implant (CI) designs and developments in implantation techniques
have revolutionized the management of hearing loss. However, cochlear implantation still …

High-precision 3D printing of microporous cochlear implants for personalized local drug delivery

A Isaakidou, I Apachitei, LE Fratila-Apachitei… - Journal of Functional …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hearing loss is a highly prevalent multifactorial disorder affecting 20% of the global
population. Current treatments using the systemic administration of drugs are therapeutically …