Best Fit 3D Basilar Membrane Reconstruction to Routinely Assess the Scalar Position of the Electrode Array after Cochlear Implantation

Renato Torres, Jean Yves Tinevez, Hannah Daoudi, Ghizlene Lahlou, Neil Grislain, Eugénie Breil, Olivier Sterkers, Isabelle Mosnier, Yann Nguyen, Evelyne Ferrary

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Abstract

The scalar position of the electrode array is assumed to be associated with auditory performance after cochlear implantation. We propose a new method that can be routinely applied in clinical practice to assess the position of an electrode array. Ten basilar membrane templates were generated using micro-computed tomography (micro-CT), based on the dimensions of 100 cochleae. Five surgeons were blinded to determine the position of the electrode array in 30 cadaveric cochleae. The procedure consisted of selecting the appropriate template based on cochlear dimensions, merging the electrode array reconstruction with the template using four landmarks, determining the position of the array according to the template position, and comparing the results obtained to histology data. The time taken to analyze each implanted cochlea was approximately 12 min. We found that, according to histology, surgeons were in almost perfect agreement when determining an electrode translocated to the scala vestibuli with the perimodiolar MidScala array (Fleiss’ kappa (κ) = 0.82), and in moderate agreement when using the lateral wall EVO array (κ = 0.42). Our data indicate that an adapted basilar membrane template can be used as a rapid and reproducible method to assess the position of the electrode array after cochlear implantation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2075
JournalJournal of Clinical Medicine
Volume11
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by the Fondation pour l’Audition (Starting Grant IDA-2020), ANR Robocop ANR-19-CE19-0026-02.

Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Fondation pour l?Audition (Starting Grant IDA-2020), ANR Robocop ANR-19-CE19-0026-02.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Keywords

  • auditory prosthesis
  • electrode array translocation
  • hearing impairment rehabilitation
  • hearing loss
  • scala tympani
  • scala vestibuli

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