Joao Alves Rosa, Becky Hunt, and Shelley Renowden Summary The most common tumors to involve the skull base are meningiomas and the most common vascular tumors are paragangliomas (glomus…
Aneek Patel, Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, Maximiliano A. Nuñez, Georgios A. Zenonos, Paul A. Gardner, and Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda Summary This chapter reviews the pertinent anatomy of head and neck vasculature…
Thomas Lenarz, Amir Samii, Karl-Heinz Dyballa, and Hubert H. Lim Abstract The auditory midbrain implant (AMI) is a novel central auditory implant for hearing restoration in patients with neural deafness…
Osama Tarabichi, Elliott D. Kozin, M. Christian Brown, and Daniel J. Lee Abstract The auditory brainstem implant (ABI) is a neuroprosthetic device that provides hearing sensation to patients who are…
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…
