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Positioning of the receiver-stimulator for the CI–24M cochlear implant in infants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

T. E. Mitchell*
Affiliation:
Former Graham Fraser Foundation Fellow, Children's Cochlear Implant Centre (New South Wales), Sydney, Australia.
W. P. R. Gibson
Affiliation:
Professor of Otolaryngology, Children's Cochlear Implant Centre (New South Wales), Sydney, Australia.
*
Address for correspondence: T. E. Mitchell, Department of Otolaryngology, Box 48, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ. Fax: 01223 217559

Abstract

A new cochlear implant (CI–24M) has recently been released by Cochlear Ltd. The shape and size of the receiver-stimulator differs from that of the CI–22M. Infants as young as one year of age are now receiving cochlear implants. We have examined the likely effect of skull growth following the implantation of a CI-24M cochlear implant in an infant of this age.

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Main Articles
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999

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