Treaba, Claudiu; Clark, Graeme M.; Cowan, Robert S.; Tykocinski, Michael J.; Cohen, Lawrence T.; Saunders, Elaine; Pyman, Brian C.; Briggs, Robert S.; Dahm, Markus C.
(
1999)
Intracochlear multi-channel cochlear implants have been shown to successfully provide auditory information for profoundly deaf patients by electrically stimulating discrete populations of auditory nerve fibers via a scala tympani (ST) electrode array. Histological and radiological examination of implanted human temporal bones showed that the current straight Nucleus® array is usually positioned against the outer wall of the ST. An electrode array close to the modiolus could be expected to reduce stimulation thresholds and result in a more localized neural excitation pattern.