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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ear Hear. 2015 Sep-Oct;36(5):e207–e213. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000163

Table 1.

Summary of insertion angles from multiple studies using multiple electrode arrays. Units for Mean, Standard Deviation (SD), Median, Minimum insertion angle (Min), Maximum insertion angle (Max), and Range of insertion angles are degrees. Results are organized by manufacturer. Within manufacturer, results are sorted by mean insertion depth for the corresponding study.

Publication Manufacturer Electrode n Mean SD Median Min Max Range
van de Marel et al. (2014) Advanced Bionics HiFocus 1J 362 480 68 289 678 389
Kos et al. (2005) Advanced Bionics HiFocus 1J 5 479 111
Landsberger et al. (this study) Advanced Bionics HiFocus 1J 30 405 78 391 257 584 327
Holden (2014) Advanced Bionics HiFocus 1J 9 382 72 297 535 238

Trieger et al. (2011) Cochlear Contour Advance 7 469 66 374 537 163
Holden (2014) Cochlear Contour Advance 62 406 86 231 751 520
Landsberger et al. (this study) Cochlear Contour Advance 44 381 51 375 267 494 227
Fraysse et al. (2006) Cochlear Contour Advance 34 376 71 300 435 135
Adunka et al. (2006) Cochlear Contour Advance 16 357 360 180 400 220
Radeloff et al. (2008) Cochlear Contour Advance 18 348 42 270 405 135

Trieger et al. (2011) MED-EL Standard 8 700 49 605 751 146
Baumann and Nobbe (2004) MED-EL Standard 8 697 630 810 180
Gani et al. (2007) MED-EL Standard 5 670 605 720 115
Kos et al. (2005) MED-EL Standard 4 657 83
Vermeire et al. (2008) MED-EL FlexSOFT 9 652 63 644 565 758 193
Landsberger et al. (this study) MED-EL Standard 13 544 93 569 397 714 317
Hamzavi and Arnoldner (2006) MED-EL Standard 8 543 20 550 510 560 50
Hamzavi and Arnoldner (2006) MED-EL FlexSOFT 2 540 14 540 530 550 20
Landsberger et al. (this study) MED-EL Flex28 5 471 42 486 417 514 97
Radeloff et al. (2008) MED-EL Standard 28 454 171 160 720 560