Electrode Location and Audiologic Performance After Cochlear Implantation: A Comparative Study Between Nucleus CI422 and CI512 Electrode Arrays.

O'Connell BP, Hunter JB, Gifford RH, Rivas A, Haynes DS, Noble JH, Wanna GB. Electrode Location and Audiologic Performance After Cochlear Implantation: A Comparative Study Between Nucleus CI422 and CI512 Electrode Arrays. Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology. 2016 Sep;37(37). 1032-5. PMID: 27525618 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4988342 NIHMSID: NIHMS796223.

Abstract

1) Compare rates of scala tympani (ST) insertion between Nucleus CI422 Slim Straight electrodes and Nucleus CI512 Contour Advance electrodes; 2) examine audiometric performance with both electrode arrays, while controlling for electrode location.