Implantation of an Auditory Brainstem Implant for the Treatment of Incapacitating Unilateral Tinnitus

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

10

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 31, 2016

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2028

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2028

Conditions
Tinnitus
Interventions
DEVICE

Auditory brainstem implant

The ABI will be implanted by the neurosurgeon. The implant is fixed in a bed drilled in the parietal-temporal cortex, and the ABI electrode array is inserted into the lateral recess of the fourth ventricle and placed on the cochlear nucleus. Access to the cochlear nucleus will be made via retrosigmoid transcranial approach.

Trial Locations (1)

9700RB

RECRUITING

University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GesmbH

INDUSTRY

lead

University Medical Center Groningen

OTHER

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