Cochlear Implants - An Update

T. Kubo, Y. Takahashi, T. Iwaki, T. Kubo, Y. Takahashi, T. Iwaki

• Publisher: SPB Academic Publishing
• Year: 2002
• Print ISBN:
  9789062997954
• eBook ISBN:
  9789062991914
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Ear, Nose & Throat Medicine

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• I. Basic studies
• Chronic monopolar high rate stimulation of the auditory nerve - Physiological and histopathological effects
• Comparison of promontory and round window stimulation electrical auditory brainstem response in cats
• Topographical relationship between the facial nerve, chorda tympani nerve and round window with reference to the surgical approach
• Blood flow in ears receiving cochlear implants
• Extrusion of a cochlear implant possibly due to silicone allergy - A case report
• II. Biocompatibility / Imaging
• Specific considerations for determining safety with MRI use in cochlear implant patients
• Three-dimensional images of the inner ear for preoperative evaluation of cochlear implants
• SPECT image analysis using statistical parametric mapping in postlingually deafened adults with cochlear implants
• Auditory cortex activation during electrical ear canal stimulation in subjects with severe hearing loss - Preliminary results of a functional magnetic resonance imaging evaluation
• Regional cerebral activation during electrical auditory stimulation using a tympanic electrode
• III. Electrophysiological testing
• Auditory neuropathy - The use of electrophysiological tests
• Examination of EAP thresholds (NRT thresholds) during Nucleus cochlear implant operations
• Electrically evoked compound action potentials in cochlear implant users from the National Taiwan University Hospital
• The characteristics of neural response telemetry of the normal cochlea and cochlear malformation
• Comparison between promontory and tympanic electrodes in electrical auditory stimulation
• Postoperative measurement of neural response telemetry
• Changes in electrically evoked compound action potential thresholds after implantation of the Nucleus CI24M device
• IV. New approaches for mapping
• A strategy for neural response telemetry capable of approaching the subjective threshold
• Reliability of intraoperative tests in cochlear implant fitting
• Device programming for a child based on neural response telemetry measurements
• The relationship between EABR and EAP thresholds and behavioral T/C levels in pediatric cochlear implantation
• Comparison of ECAP threshold with T and C levels in children after Nucleus 24 implantation
• Optimization of mapping parameters with neural response telemetry
• Intraoperative measurement of electrically evoked compound action potentials in Nucleus CI24M cochlear implant users - Their relationship to psychophysical performance
• Within-subject comparison between NRT predicted MAP and behaviorally measured MAP in Nucleus 24 cochlear implant children using the ACE strategy
• Electrically evoked stapedial reflex in cochlear implantation
• Considerations for mapping children with limited electrodes
• Investigation of the advantages of program selectability in speech processors
• V. Speech codings
• Comparison of speech coding strategies in Cantonese children with cochlear implants
• Comparison of tone detection in Mandarin-speaking cochlear implant recipients using SPEAK and ACE strategies
• Digisonic ® cochlear implant signal processing for speech intelligibility improvement in noise
• The effect of speech rate to speech recognition in cochlear implant users and elderly adults
• Perceptual ability of synthesized speech by cochlear implant patients
• VI. General evaluations
• Utility analysis of cochlear implantation in congenitally deaf children
• Quality-of-life study of adult cochlear implantees in a Cantonese-speaking population by a close-set questionnaire - A pilot launch of a quality-of-life Cantonese scale
• Hearing aid optimization in the evaluation of cochlear implant candidacy
• The usefulness of intraoperative switch-on with facial nerve monitoring in cochlear implantation
• The usefulness of supportive listening devices for cochlear implant users
• A computer-assisted instruction system for testing and training voice pitch discriminability through cochlear implants
• Development of a Japanese version of the Hearing in Noise Test
• VII. Surgical issues
• Use of a standard postauricular incision in cochlear implantation in young children
• Surgical issues in exchanging a Nucleus CI22M cochlear implant for a Nucleus CI24M cochlear implant
• Surgical aspects of cochlear implantation in young and very young children
• Problem cases after cochlear implantation - Update
• Preliminary results using a two-staged technique for cochlear implant insertion in a patient with bilateral fenestration cavities
• Results of tympanoplasty for chronic otitis media in cochlear implant candidates
• Cochlear implantation in chronic suppurative otitis media
• Cochlear implantation in chronic otitis media
• VIII. Implantation for malformed cochlea
• Cochlea implants in abnormal cochlea
• A case report of an implanted child with common cavity malformation
• Cochlear implantation in a child with a common cavity - A case report
• A case of cochlear implantation in a child with a congenital malformation
• Two cases of transmastoid labyrinthotomy for common cavity malformation using neural response telemetry
• Four cases of cochlear implantation in large vestibular aqueduct syndrome
• Cochlear implantation following bilateral temporal bone fracture
• Case report of cochlear implantation in a totally plugged cochlea
• IX. Evaluations for perimodiolar electrode
• Contour electrodes- Surgical approach and results
• The insertion of a curve electrode array into normal and ossified cochlea
• The Clarion electrode positioner - Radiological, electrophysiological and neurotological evaluations
• Preliminary results with the Nucleus Contour cochlear implant system - A radiological and neurophysiological correlation study
• Examination of the implant electrical auditory brainstem response threshold with and without the positioner for the Clarion 16 cochlear implant
• Comparison of proximity to the modiolus of various electrodes
• X. Speech reception and language development in children
• Rationale for early cochlear implantation in congenitally deaf children
• Cochlear implantation in very young deaf children - Monitoring progress
• Cochlear implantation in severe to profound hearing loss in children
• Speech recognition ability and satisfaction with cochlear implants in young children using IT-MAIS
• Factors affecting connected speech comprehension in Cantonese-speaking children after cochlear implant
• Speech perception of Mandarin Chinese speaking young children after multichannel cochlear implantation
• The development of speech perception in children with cochlear implants at Kanazawa University
• Cochlear implantation in post-meningitic children
• The development of auditory performance in children with cochlear implants
• Language development in congenitally deaf, implanted children - Hearing aids versus cochlear implants
• Acquisition of articulation in congenitally deaf children with cochlear implants
• Predictor variables of speech intelligibility in prelingually deafened children with cochlear implants
• Language skills of prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants
• Comparison of grammar comprehension of deaf children after cochlear implantation with that of normally hearing children
• An experimental study on the speech reading ability of children with cochlear implants
• Pediatric cochlear implantation in Nagasaki
• Results of cochlear implants in post-lingual children
• The significance of a cochlear implant on the development of ‘auditory emotional cognition’ in a child with profound hearing loss
• Application of electroglottography in tone production training
• XI. Rehabilitation issues in children
• A new method of consonant classification and a new strategy of speech correction for congenitally deaf implantees
• An individual educational program trial for infant cochlear implant users
• Mapping and rehabilitation of a prelingually deaf and blind child after cochlear implantation - A catastrophe or a clinical challenge?
• Influence of educational setting and communication mode on speech production in children with multichannel cochlear implants
• Using parent and teacher reports to assess the vocabulary knowledge of Cantonese-speaking hearing-impaired children
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of an educational program for children with cochlear implants
• XII. Outcomes in adults
• Residual hearing and Clarion cochlear implantation
• Correlation of speech and music perception in Combi 40/40+ users
• Effective discrimination of competing stimulus features in cochlear implantees
• The results of cochlear implantation in the elderly
• Speech discrimination in post-lingually deaf adult patients using SPECTRA 22
• Surgical results and effectiveness of cochlear implantation
• The effect of auditory feedback on the production of vowels after cochlear implantation
• The effect of auditory feedback on the production of fricatives and sentence duration after cochlear implantation
• Errors in consonant recognition in post-lingually deafened patients with cochlear implants
• Tone production performance in tonal-language-speaking cochlear implantees
• Speech performance of cochlear implant patients with GJB2-related deafness
• Cochlear implantation in a patient with type 1 Usher’s syndrome - A case report
• Cochlear implantation in a patient with mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidiosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome - A case report
• XIII. Binaural or bimodal hearing
• Distance, localization and speech perception pilot studies with bilateral cochlear implants
• Multicenter study on bilateral cochlear implantation
• Binaural cochlear implantation in the deaf-blind
• Hearing performance of a bilateral cochlear implant user
• Concurrent use of cochlear implants and hearing aids
• Speech recognition between bilaterally and unilaterally cochlear implanted and hearing-aid fitted users
• XIV. Auditory brainstem implant / Implantation after acoustic tumor removal
• Neurofibromatosis II and the 24-channel auditory brainstem implant - Experience in Hong Kong
• A Nucleus CI8+1 channel auditory brainstem implant in a staged operation
• Cochlear implantation in a patient with an acoustic tumor - Case report
• Auditory nerve integrity after translabyrinthine acoustic tumor removal
• XV. New devices / Implantable hearing aids
• Fundamental aspects and first results of the clinical application of combined electric and acoustic stimulation of the auditory system
• Evaluation of a differential floating mass type transducer for a middle ear implant system
• Comparison of measurements to determine transducer performance of an active middle ear implant
• Four years’ experience with the Symphonix Vibrant ® soundbridge - Clinical results
• Index of authors