The contour electrode array: Safety study and initial patient trials of a new perimodiolar design
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2001-01-01
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Otology and Neurotology
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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
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Tykocinski, M., Saunders, E., Cohen, L. T., Treaba, C., Briggs, R. J. S., Gibson, P., Clark, G. M. & Cowan, R. S. C. (2001). The contour electrode array: Safety study and initial patient trials of a new perimodiolar design. Otology and Neurotology, 22 (1), pp.33-41. https://doi.org/10.1097/00129492-200101000-00007.
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This is a publisher’s version of an article published in Otology & Neurotology 2001. This version is reproduced with permission of Lippincott Wilkins & Williams.
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of these studies was to investigate the insertion properties and safety of a new intracochlear perimodiolar electrode array design (Contour). BACKGROUND: An electrode array positioned close to the neural elements could be expected to reduce stimulation thresholds and might potentially reduce channel interaction. METHODS: Two sequential studies were conducted. In study 1, the Contour electrode array was inserted in 12 human temporal bones. After cochlear surface preparation, the position of the array was noted and the basilar membrane was examined for insertion damage. On the basis of the outcome of this temporal bone study, study 2 investigated the Contour array, mounted on a Nucleus CI-24 M device and implanted in three adult patients. RESULTS: Study I showed that in 10 temporal bones, the Contour array was positioned close to the modiolus, and the basilar membrane was intact. In the two remaining bones, the arrays had pierced the basilar membrane and were positioned in the scala vestibuli apical to the penetration. Statistical analysis showed an equivalent probability of insertion-induced damage of the two array designs. In study 2, image analysis indicated that the Contour electrodes were positioned closer to the modiolus than the standard Nucleus straight array. Lower T and C levels, but higher impedance values, were recorded from electrodes close to the modiolus. Initial speech perception data showed that all patients gained useful open-set speech perception, two patients achieving scores of 100% on sentence material 3 months postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS: The temporal bone studies showed the Contour electrode array to be generally positioned closer to the modiolus than the standard Nucleus straight array, and to have an equivalent probability of causing insertion-induced damage.
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cochlear implant, contour control