Otological Planning Software-OTOPLAN: A Narrative Literature Review.

ABSTRACT: The cochlear implant (CI) is a widely accepted option in patients with severe to profound hearing loss receiving limited benefit from traditional hearing aids. CI surgery uses a default setting for frequency allocation aiming to reproduce tonotopicity, thus mimicking the normal cochlea. One emerging instrument that may substantially help the surgeon before, during, and after the surgery is a surgical planning software product developed in collaboration by CASCINATION AG (Bern, Switzerland) and MED-EL (Innsbruck Austria). The aim of this narrative review is to present an overview of the main features of this otological planning software, called OTOPLAN^®. The literature was searched on the PubMed and Web of Science databases. The search terms used were "OTOPLAN", "cochlear plannin

SUBMITTER: Gatto A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10603892 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature