(See Box, "The Cochlea: Anatomy and Physiology.") The causes of SNHL are numerous. A partial list includes ototoxicity, presbycusis, Meniere's disease, birth trauma, exposure to excessive noise ...

This procedure is especially relevant for patients with inner ear malformations (IEMs), which can complicate the anatomy of the ear and affect the outcomes of cochlear implants. Recent research ...

Background: Many detailed features of the cochlear anatomy have not been included in existing 3D cochlear models, including the microstructures inside the modiolar bone, which in turn determines the ...

How does the cochlea achieve its distinct anatomy, and how is its remarkable cellular diversity created and maintained? Until now, efforts to address these questions have focused largely on regulation ...

Able to understand and sign informed consent. Patient primary seeking help for non-tinnitus hearing problems. Abnormal cochlear anatomy (ie, ossification). Comorbidity with an expected survival of ...

A cochlear implant may benefit those with severe hearing loss. Implanted in the cochlea, it has many advantages, but there are also drawbacks. The cochlea is the spiral-shaped organ in your inner ear.

The hypothesized role of ovarian hormones and cardiovascular disease in hearing loss is reviewed, and such interventions as cochlear implants to correct hearing loss in women are highlighted.

The Carver's did as so many have done over recent decades. They turned to the talented doctors and researchers of the Cochlear Implant Program at University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City.

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Anatomy is the field of biology that studies the structure of living things. Anatomy focuses on the composition, structure and location of the parts of organisms tissues, organs and systems ...

Although others have proposed that OHC electromotility subserves cochlear amplification by acting as a "fluid pump", and evidence for this has been found using electrical stimulation of excised ...