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[Implants for the middle ear, development of a human prototype].

T Dumon·O Zennaro·R Charlet de Sauvage·J M Aran·J P Bébéar
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Middle ear implants are a new type of hearing aid. Their principle is direct stimulation of the inner ear fluids, by a vibrator implanted in the middle ear. Two technologies are developed by different teams: electromagnetic vibrators, and piezoelectric vibrators. Middle ear implants should be partially implantable (P-MEI), or totally implantable (T-MEI). Authors develop, concurrently with animal experimentation an in vitro method to measure the performance date of the vibrators. The specifications of a future P-MEI have been defined, and vibrators tested with this method. First results encourage to develop this project.

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T Dumon, O Zennaro, R Charlet de Sauvage, J M Aran, J P Bébéar. 1993. [Implants for the middle ear, development of a human prototype].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8284559/

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