Martin Han and Douglas B. McCreery Abstract Auditory brainstem implants (ABIs) can restore useful hearing to patients with hearing loss who cannot benefit from cochlear implants. We provide an update…
Marc S. Schwartz and Eric P. Wilkinson Abstract The purpose of this monograph is to outline the current state of the art regarding the field of auditory brainstem implantation. Readers…
Kathryn Y. Noonan, Gregory P. Lekovic, and Eric P. Wilkinson Abstract Many patient, device, and surgical factors contribute to patient success with auditory brainstem implants. This chapter examines device positioning,…
Michael C.F. Tong, John Ka Keung Sung, and Kathy Y.S. Lee Abstract Chinese language is based on 4 (Mandarin) to 6 (Cantonese) lexical tones to differentiate the meaning of a…
Cordula Matthies, Anja Kurz, and Wafaa Shehata-Dieler Abstract Programming of auditory brainstem implant (ABI) in adult patients aims for providing as many auditory electrodes as possible at most comfortable levels…
Levent Sennaroğlu, Gonca Sennaroğlu, Esra Yucel, and Burçak Bilginer Abstract This chapter reports the audiological outcome of pediatric auditory brainstem implantation (ABI) in Hacettepe University. Our preliminary ABI outcome was…
Marek Polak Abstract Subjects with a nonfunctioning auditory nerve do not benefit from cochlear implantation. In such cases, if the subject is older than 12 months of age, an auditory…
Daniel S. Roberts, Lawrence Kashat, Jordan M. Rock, and Steven R. Otto Abstract Loss of integrity of the auditory nerve after surgical removal of vestibular schwannomas (VS) in neurofibromatosis type…
Vittorio Colletti, Marco Mandalà, Giacomo Colletti, and Liliana Colletti Abstract This chapter reviews our center’s experience with auditory brainstem implantation in children over a 14 year period. The performance in…
Barry Nevison Abstract The auditory brainstem implant (ABI), while closely related in many ways to a cochlear implant (CI), is beset with its own unique technical, practical, and clinical challenges…
