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Original Article

Longitudinal behaviour of neural response telemetry (NRT) data and clinical implications

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Pages 252-263 | Received 14 Oct 2002, Accepted 07 May 2003, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Neural response telemetry (NRT) data from 63 subjects equipped with the Nucleus CI24M Cochlear Implant System generally exhibited little change over up to 4years. Larger changes, when they occurred, were seen only within the first 15 months postoperatively, and these changes diminished over time. Intraoperative NRT data were generally stable enough to be used for assisting in the initial speech processor fitting sessions. It was not possible to predict changes in the subjective map threshold and comfortable loudness levels (T and C levels, respectively) based on observed changes in the NRT data. The long-term stability of the neural response amplitude and the neural response threshold, however, implies that NRT may be useful as a routine diagnostic tool to detect changes to the neural periphery over time.

Sumario

Los datos sobre la telemetría de respuesta neural (NRT) en 63 sujetos que utilizan un Sistema de Implante Coclear Nucleus CI24M exhibieron pocos cambios durante un período de hasta 4 años. Los cambios mayores, cuando existieron, fueron vistos solamente dentro de los primeros 15 meses posteriores a la cirugía, y estos cambios disminuyeron con el tiempo. Los datos de la NRT intra-operatoria fueron tan estables como para ser utilizados como apoyo en la sesión inicial de adaptación del procesador de lenguaje. No fue posible predecir los cambios en el mapa subjetivo de umbrales y de niveles confortables de sonoridad (niveles T y C, respectivamente), con base en los cambios observados en los datos de la NRT. La estabilidad a largo plazo del umbral y la amplitud de la respuesta neural, sin embargo, implica que la NRT puede ser útil como una herramienta diagnóstica rutinaria para detectar cambios en el tiempo en la periferia neural.

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