22チャンネル人工内耳患者における最小可聴電流閾値変動
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Psycophysical responses of the patients to electrical stimulation were examined in order to clarify long-term effects of the cochlear implant in 9 patients who had received a 22-channel cochlear implant. Measured items were the minimal threshold level (T-level), the maximum comfortable level (C-level), and the dynamic range between T- and C-level. Measurements were repeated for each electlode every three months over more than 6 months.Following results were obtained.1) The changes of the T-level were classified into four types as follows, a type with no change, a type with gradual decrease, a type with decrease in two to three months followed by gradual increasing threshold and a type with gradual increasing just after surgery. Even in a last type, the maximum increase in the T-level did not exceed 200-A and, in most cases, these changes were stabilized wihthin a few months after implantation.2) The dynamic range gradually increased. It was obvious in both in the middle and apical electrodes, while such increased threshold was not observed in the basal electrodes.3) In some cases, a few basal electrodes could not been used since they caused uncomfortable sensation or those dynamic ranges became below a certain extent.As a result, it was suggested that the electrical stimulation had not induced serious degeneration of the ganglion cells and the auditory nerve fibers. The reduction in the number of usable electrodes might be due to the surgical trauma to the intracochlear tissue. Therefore, exposing of the scala tympani should be minimal in order to avoid the damage of the cochlea.
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