Long-Term Stability of Electrical Stimulation in Children with Bilateral Cochlear Implants.

ABSTRACT: The long-term stability of neural responses to cochlear implant (CI) stimulation and programmed stimulation levels remains unclear. Although smaller cohort studies suggest stabilization within months postimplant, reprogramming still consumes significant clinical time. The aim of this study was to investigate the resilience of the auditory nerve to prolonged stimulation from CIs and identify changes in the clinically provided stimulation levels over time. Stimulation parameters (n = 14,072 MAPs), electrophysiological auditory nerve thresholds (n = 23,215), and slopes of amplitude growth functions (n = 17,849) were obtained from 664 bilaterally implanted children (n = 1,291 devices) followed between September 2003 and July 2022. Stimulation parameters stabilized w

SUBMITTER: Sabourin CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12635042 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature