title: Intraoperative electrical stimulation of the stapedius reflex in children.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Audiology, Stockholm Söder Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lindström
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bredberg
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D012018:Reflex; D013198:Stapedius