A Unique Perspective: Intrapatient Comparison of Perimodiolar and Lateral Wall Cochlear Implant Electrodes
PM arrays offer improved CNC word understanding when compared with LW arrays, but do not offer a significant improvement in battery life or AzBio scores. To our knowledge, this is the first study to compare these outcomes using each patient as their own control, thereby controlling for the majority of patient factors that could influence performance.
Authors
- Nicole Ewer
- Kathryn Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1302-4688)
- Allison R Durham
- Richard Klaus Gurgel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9601-2628)
- Mana Espahbodi
- Neil S. Patel
Institutions
- University of Utah (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Otology & Neurotology
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mao.0000000000004860
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00