Immunity After Cochlear Implantation and Perilymph Molecular Profiles in Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Blood will be collected into 2 EDTA and 1 heparin tube. The 2 EDTA tubes (4ml of blood in each) will be transported on ice to the proteomics platform in the next three hours, centrifuged and stored on -80 degrees Celcius in low-binding tubes for further molecular analysis. 1 heparin tube (5mL) will be sent to the Bacteriology-Virology Department for the active PBMC counting.

The perilymph collection will be performed during the cochlear implantation surgery at the same time as the round window opening. 5 to 15 microliters will be aspirated using an atraumatic spinal needle mounted onto 1 ml insulin syringe.