Suitable Electrode Choice for Robotic-Assisted Cochlear Implant Surgery: A Systematic Literature Review of Manual Electrode Insertion Adverse Events.

Background And Objective: The cochlear implant (CI) electrode insertion process is a key step in CI surgery. One of the aims of advances in robotic-assisted CI surgery (RACIS) is to realize better cochlear structure preservation and to precisely control insertion. The aim of this literature review is to gain insight into electrode selection for RACIS by acquiring a thorough knowledge of electrode insertion and related complications from classic CI surgery involving a manual electrode insertion process.

Two-phase survey on the frequency of use and safety of MRI for hearing implant recipients.

Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used to visualize and diagnose soft tissues. Hearing implant (HI) recipients are likely to require at least one MRI scan during their lifetime. However, the MRI scanner can interact with the implant magnet, resulting in complications for the HI recipient.

Auditory Performances in Older and Younger Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients: Use of the HEARRING Registry.

Objective: To evaluate the hearing outcomes of cochlear implantation in different age groups by using data collected in the HEARRING registry.

Methods: A multicenter study. Data of 146 patients were collected in a HEARRING registry.

Successful application and timing of a remote network for intraoperative objective measurements during cochlear implantation surgery.

Objective: To determine the time needed to remotely perform a set of intraoperative measurements during cochlear implantation surgery and to compare it to the time needed to perform the same measurements in theatre.

Design: Prospective two-arm study comparing a local with a remote measurement setting. Three intraoperative measurements (Impedance Field Telemetry (IFT), evoked compound action potential (ECAP) and evoked stapedius reflex test (eSRT)) were performed with the audiologist present in the operating theatre (i.

The Mi1000 CONCERTO PIN cochlear implant: An evaluation of its safety and stability in adults and children.

Conclusion The study demonstrates the medium-term stability and safety of the CONCERTO PIN cochlear implant. The use of the CONCERTO PIN proved to be suitable for the use of a surgical technique without the need for suture fixation and resulted in short surgery duration and a low medium-term complication rate. Objective The primary aim was to provide data on medium-term safety and stability of the CONCERTO PIN cochlear implant in adults and children, and to collect feedback on the surgical technique used, which involved no drilling and no suture fixation.

Remote programming of MED-EL cochlear implants: users' and professionals' evaluation of the remote programming experience.

Conclusion: Remote programming is safe and is well received by health-care professionals and cochlear implant (CI) users. It can be adopted into clinic routine as an alternative to face-to-face programming.

Objectives: Telemedicine allows a patient to be treated anywhere in the world.