title: [Current status of electrostimulation of auditory nerve fibers with cochlear implants].
abstract: Under the observance of a few selection criteria electrostimulation of the cochlea nerve with cochlea implants is a suitable method to supply totally deafs with a hearing ability and in about the half of the patients even with speech understanding. The technology of the Vienna Cochlea Implant, selection criteria, surgical technique as well as the rehabilitation procedure and the results are discussed.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Derzeitiger Stand der Elektrostimulation der Hörnervenfasern mit Cochlearimplantaten.