Sneha Yadav*, Himanshu Swami and Sunil Goyal

Department of ENT and HNS, Army Hospital Research and Referral, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi, India

*Corresponding Author: Sneha Yadav, Department of ENT and HNS, Army Hospital Research and Referral, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi, India.

Received: May 05, 2023; Published: July 28, 2023

Abstract

Cochlear otosclerosis is a progressive disease with otosclerotic foci in the cochlea making cochlear implantation (CI) a challenging task. Early implantation is necessary to achieve a favorable outcome. In our institute bilateral simultaneous CI is not permitted. In the case, we present a novel use of depth gauge as a spacer device to maintain the patency of cochlear lumen awaiting staged CI. Complete insertion of the electrode was achieved bilaterally with improvement in audition and speech perception. Depth gauge can be used as a spacer device for keeping cochlear lumen patent in patients with labyrinthitis ossificans where CI is delayed because of institutional policies or financial considerations to achieve complete insertion and good auditory outcomes.

 Keywords: Cochlear Implantation; Cochlear Otosclerosis; Neural Response Telemetry (NRT)

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Citation

Citation: Sneha Yadav and Himanshu Swami. “Novel Use of Depth Gauge to Keep Cochlear Lumen Patent in Bilateral Sequential Cochlear Implantation".Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 5.8 (2023): 43-48.

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Copyright: © 2023 Sneha Yadav and Himanshu Swami. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.