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    • Intracochlear electrode arrays are used in cochlear implant surgery.
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    • The risk of meningitis following implantation requires evaluation.

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    • To assess the risk of pneumococcal meningitis associated with dexamethasone-eluting intracochlear electrode arrays.
    • To compare this risk against standard control arrays.

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    • Adult Hooded-Wistar rats underwent middle ear implantation of either a dexamethasone-eluting or control intracochlear array.
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    • A dosing curve was established in Phase I; Phase II compared infection rates between array types.

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    • The dexamethasone-eluting array group showed a 40% infection rate.
    • The control array group exhibited a 60% infection rate.
    • This difference was not statistically significant (P ≥ 0.5).

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    • Dexamethasone-eluting intracochlear electrode arrays do not elevate the risk of meningitis in this rat model.
    • Middle ear inoculation with Streptococcus pneumoniae did not lead to significantly different meningitis rates between array types.