Rapid acclimatization to baseline stimulation with a multi-canal vestibulocochlear implant.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

It is hypothesized that a vestibular implant should re-establish baseline activity of the ampullary nerves. Use of a constant baseline stimulation potentially allows encoding of bi-directional head movements, through the addition of signal modulations. Effective stimulation of the vestibular nerves depends on the ability to acclimate to this baseline signal. This study aims to measure eye movement responses and evaluate patient perception after turning ON and OFF single-canal and multi-canal baseline stimulation with a vestibulocochlear implant.

Methods

Nine subjects with a multi-canal vestibulocochlear implant were investigated by turning baseline stimulation ON and OFF. Eye movements were recorded at fixed time points. To quantify acclimatization, both the relative

SUBMITTER: Vermorken BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12122573 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature