Functional Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implantation: The Miami Cocktail Effect
Simon Ignacio Angeli,
C. Scott Brown,
Meredith A. Holcomb
et al.
Abstract:Objective
To investigate if pharmacological treatment with prednisone and L-N-acetylcysteine (STE + NAC) influence functional hearing preservation in cochlear implant (CI) surgery.
Study Designs
Preimplantation and postimplantation longitudinal case–control study.
Setting
Tertiary referral center.
Patients
Pediatric and adult recipients of CI with preimplantation… Show more
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