THE ROUND WINDOW ELECTROMAGNETIC IMPLANTABLE HEARING-AID APPROACH

Authors
SPINDEL JH LAMBERT PR RUTH RA
Citation
Jh. Spindel et al., THE ROUND WINDOW ELECTROMAGNETIC IMPLANTABLE HEARING-AID APPROACH, Otolaryngologic clinics of North America, 28(1), 1995, pp. 189-205
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Otolaryngologic clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00306665
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
189 - 205
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-6665(1995)28:1<189:TRWEIH>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The round window electromagnetic implantable hearing aid (RWEM) approa ch uses a magnet surgically implanted onto the round window membrane o f the cochlea to impart vibrational energy to the inner ear when drive n by a nearby electromagnetic coil. In this article, experimental meth ods used in animal ABR studies are described for this approach and evi dence for the viability of this technique is demonstrated by the simil arity of ABR waveforms obtained using RWEM and acoustically-evoked sti muli.