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Auditory Brain Stem Implants

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Definition: Multi-channel hearing devices typically used for patients who have tumors on the COCHLEAR NERVE and are unable to benefit from COCHLEAR IMPLANTS after tumor surgery that severs the cochlear nerve. The device electrically stimulates the nerves of cochlea nucleus in the BRAIN STEM rather than the inner ear as in cochlear implants.     
See Also Auditory Brain Stem Implantation 		Other names Implants, Auditory Brainstem; Implant, Auditory Brainstem; Brainstem Implants, Auditory; Brainstem Implant, Auditory; Auditory Brainstem Implant; Auditory Brainstem Implants; Brain Stem Implants, Auditory

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