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Results of hearing restoration in NF2 patients with CI, ABI, PABI and AMI
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Veröffentlicht: | 19. April 2011 |
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Introduction: Most of the NF2 patients develop bilateral deafness, which is due to growth or surgical removal of vestibular schwannomas. Depending on the degree of neuronal damage, only a minority of NF2 patients may benefit from hearing restoration with a cochlear implant. The majority, however, require a central auditory prosthesis, which bypasses the damaged auditory nerve and stimulates directly the central auditory pathways.
Methods: The results of hearing restoration in adult NF2 patients with 4 different types of auditory prostheses (cochlear implant, auditory brainstem implant, Penetrating auditory brainstem implant and auditory midbrain implant) will be compared.
Results: The potential influencing factors on the performance of these different auditory prostheses in NF2 subjects will be discussed.
Conclusion: The present state of the art in hearing restoration in NF2 patients and future directions in research and development of central auditory prostheses will be presented.
Supported by: DFG-SFB 599 and Cochlear Corporation, Lane Cove, Australia.