{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"How Does Electrode Design Increase the Safety of a Cochlear Implant?","description":"Prof. Dr. med. Sebastian Schmerber and Dr. Anandhan Dhanasingh&amp;nbsp;talk to Manfred Pieber about how&amp;nbsp;the design features of MED-EL\u2019s flexible, free-fitting, straight FLEX series electrode arrays contribute to implant safety and reliability by reducing the occurrence of common problems such as tip fold-over, scalar deviation, and migration and also preserve intracochlear structures.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  Weblinks:  Cochlear Implant Safety and Reliability (medel.pro)  Electrode Arrays | MED-EL Pro (medel.pro)  FLEX Series: Most Atraumatic Cochlear Implant Electrode Arrays - MED-EL Professionals Blog (medel.pro)  Download the full Reliability Report at: Reliable Cochlear Implants by Design from MED-EL (medel.com) Literature Links: An overview of cochlear implant electrode array designs  (https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29102129\/) Review on cochlear implant electrode array tip fold-over and scalar deviation  (https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31467506\/) Scalar localization by cone-beam computed tomography of cochlear implant carriers: a comparative study between straight and periomodiolar precurved electrode arrays  (https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25575374\/) Correlation Between Cochlear Length, Insertion Angle, and Tonotopic Mismatch for MED-EL FLEX28 Electrode Arrays  (https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34538852\/) Suitable Electrode Choice for Robotic-Assisted Cochlear Implant Surgery: A Systematic Literature Review of Manual Electrode Insertion Adverse Events  (https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35402479\/) ","author_name":"MED-EL Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/medel.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/27701154\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/c60c30\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/157695042"}