Intraoperative electrical stimulation of the stapedius reflex in children.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the use of intraoperative electrical stimulation on the stapedius reflex in children.


METHODS
Hospital cochlear implantation center.


METHODS
Eighteen children under the age of 10 years, who have undergone cochlear implantation, have been examined during surgery with the electrically elicited stapedius reflex in the monopolar stimulation mode.


RESULTS
A stapedius reflex could visually be detected for all subjects.


CONCLUSIONS
The responses serve to test the implant, provide guidance in avoiding overstimulation of the child when the device is switched on, and estimate the optimal C-levels.
Lindström
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Department of Audiology, Stockholm Söder Hospital, Sweden.
Bredberg
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D002648:Child; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D012018:Reflex; D013198:Stapedius