Otologics active middle ear implants.
Otolaryngol Clin North Am
; 47(6): 967-78, 2014 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25301507
ABSTRACT
This article describes outcomes for the Otologics active middle ear implant for the semi-implantable and fully implantable (Carina, Otologics LLC, Boulder, CO) devices. Inclusion and exclusion criteria are reported in detail for surgical and audiologic management. Results from the clinical trial demonstrated no change for unaided air and bone conduction thresholds and no significant change in monosyllabic word scores or sentences in noise. Experiments are reported for conductive and mixed types of hearing losses in animal and human cadaveric models. These devices are in their infancy, and further study is needed to better identify candidates and develop appropriate expectations.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Prosthesis Design
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Ossicular Prosthesis
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Prosthesis Implantation
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Hearing Aids
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Hearing Loss
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Otolaryngol Clin North Am
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article