Otology & Neurotology
Semiautomatic Quantification of Cochlear Nerve Cross-sectional Area Predicts Speech Intelligibility in Cochlear Implant Users
Objective: To apply a semiautomatic method for quantifying cochlear nerve cross-sectional area (CSA) based on 3D models from MRI picture and to evaluate the association between CSA at different nerve locations and postoperative speech perception in cochlear implant (CI) users. Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: University Medical Center, tertiary academic referral center. Patients: Twenty adult patients with asymmetric hearing loss undergoing a MED-EL cochlear implant (Synchrony 2, FLEX electrode se …