Development and In Vitro Characterization of Hyaluronic Acid-Based Coatings for Implant-Associated Local Drug Delivery Systems by Svea Petersen, Sebastian Kaule, Michael Teske, Ingo Minrath, Klaus-Peter Schmitz, Katrin Sternberg

“…The development of drug-eluting coatings based on hyaluronic acid (HA) is especially promising for implant-associated local drug delivery (LDD) systems, whose implantation provokes high insertion forces, as, for instance, cochlear implants or drug-coated balloons (DCB). The lubricious character of HA can then reduce the coefficient of friction and serve as drug reservoir simultaneously. …”
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A Case Report of Complete Resolution of Auricular Mucormycosis in an 18-Month-Old Diabetic Child by Mariam Aljehani, Hatem Alahmadi, Mansour Alshamani

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Perception of vocoded speech in domestic dogs by Amritha Mallikarjun, Emily Shroads, Rochelle S. Newman

“…One often-studied type of degraded speech is noise-vocoded speech (sometimes thought of as cochlear-implant-simulation speech). Noise-vocoded speech is made by dividing the speech signal into frequency bands (channels), identifying the amplitude envelope of each individual band, and then using these envelopes to modulate bands of noise centered over the same frequency regions – the result is a signal with preserved temporal cues, but vastly reduced frequency information. …”
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Clinical severity grading of NF2-related schwannomatosis by Anna C. Lawson McLean, Denise Löschner, Said Farschtschi, Nora F. Dengler, Steffen K. Rosahl

“…The severity grades correlated significantly with hospitalization, number of operations and dependency on implants (such as cochlear implant, auditory brain-stem implants or ventriculoperitoneal shunts). …”
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The Audiological Profile and Rehabilitation of Patients with Incomplete Partition Type II and Large Vestibular Aqueducts by Beyza Demirtaş, Merve Özbal Batuk, Hilal Dinçer D’Alessandro, Gonca Sennaroğlu

“…RESULTS: The distribution of our 55 patients according to cochlear implants, hearing aids (HA), and bimodal applications was 29.1% (n=16), 43.6% (n=24), and 27.3% (n=15), respectively. …”
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Pediatric Intracochlear Schwannoma: Case Series and Review of the Literature by Enrico Liaci, Maurizio Negri, Francesco Maccarrone, Silvia Piccinini, Enrico Pasanisi, Andrea Bacciu, Filippo Di Lella

“…Conclusion: Management planning of pediatric ICSs should be accurate as surgical removal may require partial or total cochlear demolition, resulting in vestibular dysfunction and precluding future positioning of a cochlear implant. Close clinical and radiological follow-up with serial MRI scans allows to evaluate both symptom progression and rate of growth, in order to provide patients with the best therapeutic option. …”
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Photobiomodulation Can Enhance Stem Cell Viability in Cochlea with Auditory Neuropathy but Does Not Restore Hearing by So-Young Chang, Eunjeong Kim, Nathaniel T. Carpena, Jae-Hun Lee, Doo Hee Kim, Min Young Lee

“…Currently, one of the techniques used for hearing rehabilitation is a cochlear implant that can transform sound into electrical signals instead of inner ear hair cells. …”
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A scoping review on the clinical effectiveness of Trans-Impedance Matrix (TIM) measurements in detecting extracochlear electrodes and tip fold overs in Cochlear Ltd devices. by Muhammed Ayas, Jameel Muzaffar, Daniele Borsetto, Susan Eitutis, Veronica Phillips, Yu Chuen Tam, Marina Salorio-Corbetto, Manohar L Bance

“…<h4>Background</h4>Extrusion of electrodes outside the cochlea and tip fold overs may lead to suboptimal outcomes in cochlear implant (CI) recipients. Intraoperative measures such as Trans-Impedance Matrix (TIM) measurements may enable clinicians to identify electrode malposition and direct surgeons to correctly place the electrode array during surgery.…”
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Is otologic surgery contributing to the opioid epidemic? by Valerie Dahm, Justin T. Lui, Rudolfs Liepins, Joseph M. Chen, Trung N. Le, Christoph Arnoldner, Vincent Y. W. Lin

“…Surgeons were asked to answer some questions about their background as well as typical prescribing patterns for postoperative pain medication for different ear surgeries (cochlear implant, stapedotomy, tympanoplasty). In addition, surgeons were asked about the typical use of local anesthetics for pain control at the end of a procedure. …”
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Parental Evaluation of a Responsive Parenting Program for Infants with Hearing Loss by Reinhild Glanemann, Karen Reichmuth, Stephanie Brinkheetker, Antoinette am Zehnhoff-Dinnesen, Katrin Neumann

“…It is a family-centered intervention for parents of infants aged 3–18 months who have recently been diagnosed with hearing loss and fitted with hearing devices, including prior to or following cochlear implant surgery. Objective: We aim to receive feedback from parents regarding the process and outcomes of their participation in the MPP. …”
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Eye Tracking in Neuropsychological Research of Visual Gnosis Features in Children with Hearing Impairment by Y.K. Smirnova, Ju.E. Grigorova, L.N. Gordeeva

“…The study involved cochlearly implanted preschoolers with hearing impairment (N=15) and typically developing preschoolers (N=16) aged 5 to 7 years (M=6.1; SD=0.5). …”
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The VertiGO! Trial protocol: A prospective, single-center, patient-blinded study to evaluate efficacy and safety of prolonged daily stimulation with a multichannel vestibulocochlea... by Bernd L Vermorken, Benjamin Volpe, Stan C J van Boxel, Joost J A Stultiens, Marc van Hoof, Rik Marcellis, Elke Loos, Alexander van Soest, Chris McCrum, Kenneth Meijer, Nils Guinand, Angélica Pérez Fornos, Vincent van Rompaey, Elke Devocht, Raymond van de Berg

“…<h4>Background</h4>A combined vestibular (VI) and cochlear implant (CI) device, also known as the vestibulocochlear implant (VCI), was previously developed to restore both vestibular and auditory function. …”
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