PubMed · 13998536
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A B WALLACE. 1963-05-10. Scars.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13998536/
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The objective of the study was to explore the effect of electrode encapsulation by fibrous scar tissue on electrical potential distributions and auditory nerve fibre excitation patterns. A finite element model in combination with an auditory nerve fibre model was used to predict changes in threshold currents and auditory nerve fibre excitation patterns. The model showed that electrical potentials at the target nerve fibres and the electrode contacts changed in the presence of encapsulation tissue. This led to changes in threshold currents and spread of excitation. The effect of electrode encapsulation on threshold currents and spread of excitation depended on the thickness of the perilymph layer separating the fibrous tissue encapsulation and the electrode array, nerve fibre survival status, electrode geometry and configuration, and array location. Model results suggested that arrays located close to the modiolus were most sensitive to threshold changes caused by electrode encapsulation (changes were between -0.26 and 2.41 dB), whereas encapsulation of an electrode array had less effect on threshold currents when the array was located in a lateral position in the scala tympani (changes were between -0.64 and 1.5 dB). For medially located arrays, changes in the spread of excitation varied between an increase of 0.21 mm and a decrease of 0.33 mm along the length of the basilar membrane, and an increase of 0.18 mm and a decrease of 0.66 mm along the length of the basilar membrane were calculated for laterally located arrays.
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