Surgery
Tip Fold-Over: Perimodiolar Cochlear Implant Electrode Arrays
Even in a profoundly deafened cochlea, there is intricate network of living and active neural structures. If a cochlear implant electrode array deviates from the scala tympani to the scala vestibuli, a toxic inflammation can damage underlying auditory nerve structures. As Professor Helge Rask-Andersen explained, this is why structure preservation surgery should be considered essential