Cochlear Implants
Auditory Nerve Test System During Vestibular Schwannoma Resection
Brief Summary:
The Auditory Nerve Test System (ANTS) is a novel device that stimulates the auditory nerve much like a cochlear implant. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate feasibility of the ANTS during translabyrinthine surgery for vestibular schwannoma resection. If the auditory nerve is kept intact, then the patients will also receive a cochlear implant at the same time potentially alleviating the morbidities caused by a vestibular schwannoma and asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss.
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Contact Dr. Cameron Wick, cameron.wick@wustl.edu.
Cochlear Implantation in Adults With Asymmetric Hearing Loss Clinical Trial
Brief Summary:
This longitudinal study evaluates the possible benefit of cochlear implantation in the poor ear of adults with asymmetric hearing loss who continue to use a hearing aid in the better hearing ear.
For more information, contact: Noel Dwyer, AuD (dwyern@wustl.edu) or Laura Holden, AuD (laurakholden@wustl.edu), or 800-437-5930
Evaluation of Revised Indicatons (ERID) for Cochlear Implant Candidacy for the Adult CMS Population
Purpose: The purpose of this study is 1) to evaluate the safety and efficacy of currently available multichannel cochlear implant systems for newly implanted adults with an indication based on open-set sentence recognition that expand criteria currently used by Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and 2) to assess the correlation between measures of speech recognition in candidates for cochlear implants and their utility in predicting audiologic and quality of life outcomes after implantation.
For more information, contact: Teresa Zwolan, PhD (734-998-8119, zwolan@umich.edu) or Craig Buchman (314-362-7667, buchmanc@wustl.edu)