Electrically Evoked Stapedius Reflex Measurements in Cochlear Implantation and Its Application in the Postoperative Fitting ProcessMaria Magdalena Mair 1, Ruth Schröcksnadel 1, Kurt Stephan 2, Josef Seebacher 2, Philipp Zelger 2, Franz Muigg 1, Timo Gottfried 3, Annett Franke-Trieger 4, Joachim Schmutzhard 3
1Department for Hearing, Speech and Voice Disorders, Tirol-Kliniken GmbH, 2Department for Hearing, Speech and Voice Disorders, Medical University of Innsbruck, 3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University Innsbruck, 4Saxonian Cochlear Implant Centre, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine (and University Hospital) Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden
The present protocol describes the measurement of the electrically evoked stapedius reflex (eSR) via cochlear implant (CI). Two applications are discussed: intraoperative detection of eSR for verification of the coupling between the cochlear implant and the auditory nerve and postoperative measurement of eSR thresholds (eSRT) for CI fitting.
