Brain stem responses evoked by stimulation of the mature cochlear nucleus with an auditory brain stem implant

• Published in: Ear and hearing Vol. 32; no. 3; p. 286
• Main Authors: O'Driscoll, Martin, El-Deredy, Wael, Ramsden, Richard T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2011
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Adolescent; Adult; Auditory Threshold - physiology; Child; Cochlear Implantation - instrumentation; Cochlear Implantation - methods; Cochlear Nucleus - physiology; Cochlear Nucleus - surgery; Electrodes, Implanted; Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; Female; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - etiology; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - physiopathology; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - rehabilitation; Humans; Loudness Perception - physiology; Male; Middle Aged; Monitoring, Intraoperative - instrumentation; Monitoring, Intraoperative - methods; Neurofibromatosis 2 - complications; Young Adult

The Nucleus auditory brain stem implant (ABI) has been used in the hearing rehabilitation of totally deaf individuals for whom a cochlear implant is not an option such as in the case of neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). Intraoperative electrically evoked auditory brain stem responses (EABRs) are recor...