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All-Optical Cochlear Implants [article]

Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Nestor D. Chatzidiamantis, George K. Karagiannidis
2020 arXiv   pre-print
In the present work, we introduce a novel cochlear implant (CI) architecture, namely all-optical CI (AOCI), which directly converts acoustic to optical signals capable of stimulating the cochlear neurons  ...  Next, we present a comprehensive system model that incorporates the technical characteristics and constraints of each BB, the transdermal-optical-channel particularities, i.e. optical path-loss and external-implanted  ...  It should be highlighted that, modern conventional cochlear implants house up to 22 electrodes.  ... 
arXiv:2006.11577v1 fatcat:wmimzsy7ujavfotnktds3jcpbu

Behavioral and Electrophysiological Responses Evoked by Chronic Infrared Neural Stimulation of the Cochlea

Agnella Izzo Matic, Alan M. Robinson, Hunter K. Young, Ben Badofsky, Suhrud M. Rajguru, Stuart Stock, Claus-Peter Richter, Bernd Sokolowski
2013 PLoS ONE  
Spiral ganglion neuron counts and post implantation tissue growth, which was localized at the optical fiber, were similar in chronically stimulated and sham implanted cochleae.  ...  We examined a population of cats that were chronically implanted with an optical fiber to stimulate the cochlea with infrared radiation, the first known chronic application of INS.  ...  Post-implantation tissue growth occurred around the optical fiber. In all examples but one, the tissue was confined to the site of the implantation, as shown in figure 7 .  ... 
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058189 pmid:23505466 pmcid:PMC3591411 fatcat:fs6bxtune5cg5fortazfxlzmde

Auditory-visual speech perception in normal-hearing and cochlear-implant listeners

Sheetal Desai, Ginger Stickney, Fan-Gang Zeng
2008 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  
The implant users were able to integrate both congruent and incongruent acoustic and optical cues to derive relatively weak but significant auditory-visual integration.  ...  Compared with the actual implant performance, acoustic simulations of the cochlear implant could predict the auditory-only performance but not the auditory-visual integration.  ...  All cochlear-implant listeners were native English speakers and were postlingually deafened. All cochlear-implant listeners reported normal or corrected-to-normal vision. 1 B.  ... 
doi:10.1121/1.2816573 pmid:18177171 pmcid:PMC2662523 fatcat:na3ohibks5bdpghspl5hrimwcq

Case report: De novo pathogenic variant in WFS1 causes Wolfram-like syndrome debuting with congenital bilateral deafness

Laura Alías, Miguel López de Heredia, Sabina Luna, Núria Clivillé, Lídia González-Quereda, Pía Gallano, Júlia de Juan, Albert Pujol, Santiago Diez, Susana Boronat, César Orús, Adriana Lasa (+1 others)
2022 Frontiers in Genetics  
Due to this diagnosis, a second implant was placed after the optic atrophy onset.  ...  implant.  ...  No signs of vascular narrowing and/or diabetic retinopathy were detected, all suggestive of optic atrophy.  ... 
doi:10.3389/fgene.2022.998898 fatcat:irherbeo5rdv3pui5p2szslrrq

Hearing Restoration through Optical Wireless Cochlear Implants [chapter]

Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, George K. Karagiannidis
2022 Human Auditory System - Function and Disorders [Working Title]  
In this chapter, we present two novel optical wireless-based cochlear implant architectures: (i) optical wireless cochlear implant (OWCI) and (ii) all-optical cochlear implant (AOCI).  ...  Our findings reveal that both the OWCI and the AOCI outperform conventional cochlear implant approaches; thus, they are identified as promising architectures for the next generation of cochlear implants  ...  Moreover, the superiority of optical over electrical cell stimulation must be validated in order to justify the research effort toward the all-optical cochlear implant (AOCI) [17] .  ... 
doi:10.5772/intechopen.104622 fatcat:kbhwgzew7zduvndwtagiccgw74

Optical coherence tomography as a guide for cochlear implant surgery?

T. Just, E. Lankenau, G. Hüttmann, H. W. Pau, Nikiforos Kollias, Bernard Choi, Haishan Zeng, Reza S. Malek, Brian J. Wong, Justus F. R. Ilgner, Kenton W. Gregory, Guillermo J. Tearney (+2 others)
2008 Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics IV  
Optical coherence tomography as a guide for cochlear implant surgery?  ...  To assess the potential use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in cochlear implant surgery, OCT was applied in human temporal bones before cochleostomy.  ...  The optical imaging technique can be applied in contact as well as in a non-contact mode. At the Institute for Biomedical Optics in Lübeck, a variety of applicators have recently been developed.  ... 
doi:10.1117/12.771446 fatcat:f2smnsotnjb5njfxghi2h37y5q

Mimic Cochlear Implant Surgery-Induced Cochlear Infection Fails to Further Damage Auditory Pathway in Deafened Guinea Pigs

Zhao Han, Chengjin Wang, Yuyan Gu, Ning Cong, Rui Ma, Fanglu Chi
2018 Medical Science Monitor  
Conclusions: Mimic cochlear implant surgery-induced cochlear infection caused no significant damage to the auditory pathway in ototoxic drug-induced deafened guinea pigs.  ...  SGN density of deafened animals was significantly lower than that of healthy control animals in all ear turns except the basal turn.  ...  Determining density of the SGN and brainstem cochlear nucleus neurons, as well as the average optical density (OD) value of neurofilaments in Rosenthal's canal and modiolus All counts of cells in sections  ... 
doi:10.12659/msm.911392 pmid:30078839 pmcid:PMC6091166 fatcat:mdvo3n2zqjaztldwsux555xjim

Optical Parameter Variability in Laser Nerve Stimulation: A Study of Pulse Duration, Repetition Rate, and Wavelength

Agnella D. Izzo, Joseph T. Walsh, E. Duco Jansen, Mark Bendett, Jim Webb, Heather Ralph, Claus-Peter Richter
2007 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering  
The technology of optical stimulation could significantly improve cochlear implants, which are hampered by a lack of spatial selectivity.  ...  In addition, repetition rates up to 13 Hz can continually stimulate cochlear spiral ganglion cells for extended periods of time.  ...  The use of optical stimulation in the auditory system could be beneficial for cochlear implants.  ... 
doi:10.1109/tbme.2007.892925 pmid:17554829 pmcid:PMC3471085 fatcat:lrysqutk5vhktno4va7u5sydqa

Assistive Devices for Patients with Auditory Neuropathy: Hearing Aid Use

Roberta Rossi, Edoardo Arslan, Rosamaria Santarelli
2013 Seminars in Hearing  
Cochlear implants constitute an effective rehabilitative tool able to restore speech perception in many patients with genetic AN, especially those affected by the isolated form of the disorder.  ...  It can be concluded that differences in cochlear implant outcome or hearing aid use in patients with AN are related to the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying alteration of auditory nerve discharge  ...  100% by 1 year of cochlear implant use.  ... 
doi:10.1055/s-0032-1333151 fatcat:sepegfnpjfgknhivbgv3zfrugu

Locus coeruleus activity improves cochlear implant performance [article]

Erin Glennon, Angela Zhu, Youssef Z. Wadghiri, Mario A. Svirsky, Robert C. Froemke
2021 bioRxiv   pre-print
Despite extensive studies on how cochlear implants activate the auditory system4,8-12, our understanding of cochlear implant-related neuroplasticity remains limited.  ...  Cochlear implants are neuroprosthetic devices that can provide hearing to deaf patients1.  ...  We thank Cochlear Ltd. for technical support. We thank the Genotyping Core Laboratory of NYU Langone Health for help with genotyping transgenic rats.  ... 
doi:10.1101/2021.03.31.437870 fatcat:l65fmvhj5bc3zdnaihetaeuqiu

Mutation of OPA1 gene causes deafness by affecting function of auditory nerve terminals

Taosheng Huang, Rosamaria Santarelli, Arnold Starr
2009 Brain Research  
We investigated cochlear abnormalities accompanying the hearing loss and the effects of cochlear implantation.  ...  We sequenced OPA1 gene and recorded cochlear receptor and neural potentials before cochlear implantation. Genetic analysis identified R445H mutation in OPA1 gene.  ...  Since hearing loss may not be R445Hspecific, it is warranted to test clinical and subclinical sign of the hearing loss for the individuals with all patients with optic atrophy and OPA1 mutations.  ... 
doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2009.08.083 pmid:19733158 fatcat:x5oryd5hzje5piviqp2oqrsxke

Recognizing the journey and celebrating the achievement of cochlear implants

Fan-Gang Zeng, Barbara Canlon
2015 Hearing Research  
Acknowledgment We thank all contributors, reviewers and the editorial staff whose quality of work has made the special issue truly special.  ...  (Jeschke and Moser, 2015) and an optical auditory brainstem implant (Hight et al., 2015) .  ...  To overcome the intrinsic limitations related to broad electric stimulation, novel optogenetic stimulation has been proposed to demonstrate the proof of principle in developing an optical cochlear implant  ... 
doi:10.1016/j.heares.2015.02.003 pmid:25819292 fatcat:62zsciewkffwbbwd75ucjswcfa

μLED‐based optical cochlear implants for spectrally selective activation of the auditory nerve

Alexander Dieter, Eric Klein, Daniel Keppeler, Lukasz Jablonski, Tamas Harczos, Gerhard Hoch, Vladan Rankovic, Oliver Paul, Marcus Jeschke, Patrick Ruther, Tobias Moser
2020 EMBO Molecular Medicine  
Here, we combined virus-mediated optogenetic manipulation of cochlear spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) and microsystems engineering to establish acute multi-channel optical cochlear implant (oCI) stimulation  ...  Electrical cochlear implants (eCIs) partially restore hearing and enable speech comprehension to more than half a million users, thereby re-connecting deaf patients to the auditory scene surrounding them  ...  Thus, optical cochlear implants (oCIs) could increase the frequency resolution of artificial sound encoding (Richter et al, 2011; Hernandez et al, 2014) .  ... 
doi:10.15252/emmm.202012387 pmid:32596983 fatcat:j5fe6emirzfnblulmy5eevjqla

Long-Term Results of the Cochlear Implant in Patients with Otosclerosis

Angela Rubia Oliveira Silveira
2017 Journal of Otolaryngology-ENT Research  
Materials and methods: Compare cochlear implant results in otosclerosis patient to those to matched pair control group within five years with cochlear implant program -Comfort and Threshold, speech test  ...  Otosclerosis is a bone dysplasia of the optic capsule that promotes progressive metabolic derangement, and can lead to profound hearing loss.  ...  All the implants used were Cochlear® multichannel implants, being Nucleus 24k, Nucleus 24M and Nucleus Contour. All of them have an ACE-type processing strategy. v.  ... 
doi:10.15406/joentr.2017.09.00297 fatcat:mak6tvl6ibd5tmpt4owr63xt3q

Optical stimulation of neural tissue

Rachael Richardson, Michael Ibbotson, Alexander Thompson, James Fallon, Andrew Wise
2020 Healthcare technology letters  
Electrical stimulation has been used for decades in devices such as pacemakers, cochlear implants and more recently for deep brain and retinal stimulation and electroceutical treatment of disease.  ...  Alternative methods of neural stimulation such as optical stimulation offer the potential to deliver higher spatial resolution of neural activation.  ...  For all implanted devices such as retinal prostheses or cochlear implants, the surgery needs to avoid damage to residual function.  ... 
doi:10.1049/htl.2019.0114 pmid:32754339 pmcid:PMC7353819 fatcat:g6fqpi5ihvgnnf3q7dpgzckvra
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