Electrode array design determines scalar position, dislocation rate and angle and postoperative speech perception.

Manuel Christoph KettererAntje AschendorffSusan ArndtRainer Beck

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2021)

This study demonstrates the significant influence of electrode array design on scalar location, dislocation and the angle of dislocation itself. Straight and perimodiolar electrode arrays differ from each other regarding both the rate and place of dislocation. Insertion via cochleostomy does not lead to increased dislocation rates in any of the included electrode arrays. Furthermore, speech perception is significantly negatively influenced by angular insertion depth.

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