Totally Implantable Active Middle Ear Implants

Michael D. Seidman; Tyler A. Janz; Jack A. Shohet

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2018.11.011

Totally Implantable Active Middle Ear Implants

Michael D. Seidman, Tyler A. Janz, Jack A. Shohet

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Abstract

The Envoy Esteem and the Carina system are the 2 totally implantable hearing devices. The Esteem is designed for patients with bilateral moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss who have an unaided speech discrimination score of greater than and equal to 40%. The Carina system is designed for patients with moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss or those with mixed hearing loss. The Esteem offers a technologically advanced method to provide improvements in hearing and is available in the United States, whereas the Carina system is currently not available in the United States.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	297-309
Number of pages	13
Journal	Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
Volume	52
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otc.2018.11.011
State	Published - Apr 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Active middle ear implants
Fully implantable hearing device
Implantable hearing aid
Sensorineural hearing loss
The Carina system
The Envoy Esteem

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Otorhinolaryngology

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