Active middle ear implants—Enhanced efficiency of oval window stimulation with larger piston size
Our findings confirm that, for active stimulation with an actuator, increasing the surface area of the OWC enhances output efficiency proportionally. Nevertheless, volume leakage at open gaps to the OW may contribute additionally.
Authors
- Nils Prenzler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3721-5585)
- Daniel Schurzig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2197-1685)
- Mohammad Ghoncheh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-7218)
- Thomas Lenarz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9307-5989)
- H. Maier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8457-5327)
- Houguang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5450-5958)
- David Stauske
Institutions
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Hearing4all (DE)
- MED-EL (Austria) (AT)
- Hannover Re (Germany) (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hearing Research
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2025.109411
- Primary Topic
- Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- MED-EL Medical Electronics