Mario Cebulla1, Ute Geiger1, Rudolf Hagen1, Andreas Radeloff1,2. 1. a Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery , University Hospital of Würzburg , Würzburg , Germany and. 2. b Department of Otorhinolaryngology , European Medical School, Carl von Ossietzky University , Oldenburg , Germany.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Active middle ear implants are widely used to treat adults and children with sensorineural, conductive, or mixed hearing loss. Currently, there is no adequate method to determine the performance of active middle ear implant systems. DESIGN: The proposed method is based on measuring the auditory brainstem response while stimulating the hearing system via the active middle ear implant (Vibrant SoundbridgeTM, VSB; MEDEL, Austria). The acoustic stimulation was achieved via an optimised chirp stimulus (CE-Chirp), implemented in the Eclipse system (Interacoustics, Denmark). To compensate for the frequency-specific delays in the VSB system, the underlying model function of the CE-Chirp was adjusted accordingly (VSB-CE-Chirp). Study samples: The study includes 12 subjects having mild to profound sensorineural, conductive or mixed hearing loss. RESULTS: The use of an optimised VSB-CE-Chirp instead of the CE-Chirp increases significantly the ABR wave V amplitudes (1.63 times) and so also increases their identifiability (by 15.2%). On average, wave V could be identified at a 7.5 dB lower stimulation level. CONCLUSION: The constructed VSB-CE-Chirp stimulus, after it had been transmitted through the VSB system, follows well the shape of the original CE-Chirp. Preliminary measurements in VSB patients demonstrated a significantly improved ABR amplitude with the VSB-CE-Chirp.
OBJECTIVE: Active middle ear implants are widely used to treat adults and children with sensorineural, conductive, or mixed hearing loss. Currently, there is no adequate method to determine the performance of active middle ear implant systems. DESIGN: The proposed method is based on measuring the auditory brainstem response while stimulating the hearing system via the active middle ear implant (Vibrant SoundbridgeTM, VSB; MEDEL, Austria). The acoustic stimulation was achieved via an optimised chirp stimulus (CE-Chirp), implemented in the Eclipse system (Interacoustics, Denmark). To compensate for the frequency-specific delays in the VSB system, the underlying model function of the CE-Chirp was adjusted accordingly (VSB-CE-Chirp). Study samples: The study includes 12 subjects having mild to profound sensorineural, conductive or mixed hearing loss. RESULTS: The use of an optimised VSB-CE-Chirp instead of the CE-Chirp increases significantly the ABR wave V amplitudes (1.63 times) and so also increases their identifiability (by 15.2%). On average, wave V could be identified at a 7.5 dB lower stimulation level. CONCLUSION: The constructed VSB-CE-Chirp stimulus, after it had been transmitted through the VSB system, follows well the shape of the original CE-Chirp. Preliminary measurements in VSB patients demonstrated a significantly improved ABR amplitude with the VSB-CE-Chirp.
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Keywords:
ABR; ABR monitoring; Active middle ear implant; chirp stimulation
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