title: Auditory brainstem implantation.
abstract: The use of cochlear implants for selected individuals with bilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss who derive limited benefit from conventional hearing aids is well established. There are situations where cochlear implantation is contraindicated. Auditory brainstem implantation (ABI) is the only solution to restore hearing when the cochlear nerve is disrupted together with pathologies where the cochlea does not provide a suitable location for cochlear implant. Labyrinthine and cochlear aplasia and cochlear nerve aplasia constitute the congenital indications for ABI. In the present review article history and development of ABI, indications, side selection criteria, surgery and audiological outcome are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey. lsennar@tr.net
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sennaroglu
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ziyal
mesh_terms: D038263:Auditory Brain Stem Implantation / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D038262:Auditory Brain Stem Implants; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000601:surgery*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D016896:Treatment Outcome