Experimental comparison between forward and reverse Vibrant Soundbridge cochlear stimulation
Forward couplings, including direct stapes coupling, are mechanically superior to reverse stimulation. The stapes head coupler performs 7-25 dB better than the round window coupler and similar or even superior to incus couplers.
Authors
- A. Arnold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9349-3312)
- Christof Stieger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4011-4657)
- Mohammad Ghoncheh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-7218)
- Lukas Graf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9843-2036)
- H. Maier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8457-5327)
- Hamidreza Mojallal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2331-6745)
- David Stauske
Institutions
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Hearing4all (DE)
- MED-EL (Austria) (AT)
- Psychiatriezentrum Münsingen (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hearing Research
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2026.109527
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00