Scalar Localization Cochlear Electrode Array Using 64 Slice CT

Completed

Conditions studied: Hearing Loss

In brief

Insertion of electrode array in scala vestibuli, rather than the preferred location within scala tympani, leads to loss of native hearing in those patients with isolated high-frequency hearing loss undergoing cochlear implantation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00587262

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

5

Starts

2006-10-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-01

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Registered in the Cochlear Implant Database.
• Patient has short or long electrode cochlear implant for high frequency hearing loss.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to provide consent.
• Patients with underlying otospongiosis, extensive labyrinthitis ossificans or cochlear dysplasia. (These patients would have been identified with pre-operative imaging prior to cochlear implantation).

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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