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Cochlear implant surgery can preserve hearing in various ways. Patients benefit from electrical complement, electric-acoustic stimulation, or electric-only stimulation depending on their residual hearing levels.

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Area of Science:

  • Otolaryngology
  • Audiology
  • Neurosurgery

Background:

  • Patients with borderline residual hearing may benefit from cochlear implantation with electric-acoustic stimulation (EAS).
  • Partially deaf individuals with functional low-frequency hearing and 'cliff-like' audiograms experience difficulties in noisy environments and reduced music enjoyment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of hearing preservation cochlear implant (CI) surgery for patients with varying degrees of residual hearing.
  • To explore different stimulation strategies including electrical complement (EC), electric-acoustic stimulation (EAS), and electric-only stimulation (ES).

Main Methods:

  • Eleven adults and seven children underwent cochlear implantation via round window with a limited electrode insertion depth (18-22 mm).
  • Patients were selected for electrical complement (EC) to their residual hearing, as they did not benefit from hearing aids pre-surgery.

Main Results:

  • Pure tone audiograms and speech discrimination scores indicated benefits from either EC to natural acoustic hearing or EAS.
  • One patient with significant hearing loss achieved benefits from electric-only stimulation (ES) using a standard CI coding strategy.

Conclusions:

  • Cochlear implant candidates for hearing preservation can be categorized based on their benefit from EC, EAS, or ES.
  • Limited electrode insertion depth facilitates hearing preservation strategies, offering tailored solutions for different hearing loss profiles.