Auditory Brainstem Implants: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives

Authors :: Nicolas Vachicouras
Elliott D. Kozin
Daniel J. Lee
Vivek V. Kanumuri
M. Christian Brown
Jonathan P. Miller
Stéphanie P. Lacour
Kevin Wong
Source :: Frontiers in Neuroscience, Vol 13 (2019), Frontiers in Neuroscience
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019.
Abstract: The auditory brainstem implant (ABI) was first developed nearly 40 years ago and provides auditory rehabilitation to patients who are deaf and ineligible for cochlear implant surgery due to abnormalities of the cochlea and cochlear nerve. The aims of the following review are to describe the history of the ABI and innovations leading up to the modern ABI system, as well as highlight areas of future development in implant design.

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