Publications by authors named "Jeff Wei"
Objective: To characterize early changes in impedance in patients undergoing cochlear implantation with and without enlarged vestibular aqueducts (EVA).
Methods: Case-control retrospective study of patients undergoing cochlear implantation with and without EVA. Impedance was measured across all channels intraoperatively and within 24 hours of surgery.
Cochlear implantation is currently the most effective treatment modality for severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. Over the past few years, at the Department of Otolaryngology, Cheng Hsin General Hospital (Taipei, Taiwan), cochlear implant devices have been switched on within 24 hours of their implantation. Differences in impedance evolution after early switch-on for different devices have not been previously discussed.
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