Investigation of a new electrode array technology for a central auditory prosthesis.

Ongoing clinical studies on patients recently implanted with the auditory midbrain implant (AMI) into the inferior colliculus (IC) for hearing restoration have shown that these patients do not achieve performance levels comparable to cochlear implant patients. The AMI consists of a single-shank arra...

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Main Authors: Roger Calixto, Behrouz Salamat, Thilo Rode, Tanja Hartmann, Bart Volckaerts, Patrick Ruther, Thomas Lenarz, Hubert H Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3846787?pdf=render