Auditory Brainstem Implant in the treatment of sensoneural hypoacousia
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Keywords
Auditory Brainstem Implant, Neurofibromatosis type 2, sensoneural hipoacousia
Abstract
Auditory Brainstem Implants (IATC) directly stimulate the cochlear nucleus in the encephalic stem and were created for patients suffering from neurofibramotosis type 2 (NF2). The correct placement of the IATC is verified intraoperatively through the response to the tests on the brain stem (EABR). The performance with IATC is not as good as with the Cochlear Implant, but it has been noticed that they do help with lip reading. The first results are promising and include a certain speech ability in the open format tests in some of the implanted patients. More investigations are being conducted in order to improve its performance.
