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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hear Res. 2016 Jun 29;339:132–141. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.06.015

Table 2.

Quantification of new tissue formation and damage caused by implant.

Case % Volume of New Tissue Total Spiral
Ganglion
Cell counts
(cells)
Damage Score Electrode
Length Located
in SM/SV or
SL (mm)
Intracochlear
Electrode
Length
(mm)


Scala Tympani Scala Media/Vestibuli Total Lateral
Cochlear
Wall
(LCW)
Osseous
Spiral
Lamina
(OSL)
Basilar
Membrane
LCW
+
OSL
Total



New
Fibrous
Tissue
New
Bone
Total
New
Tissue
New
Fibrous
Tissue
New
Bone
Total
New
Tissue
New
Fibrous
Tissue
New
Bone
Total
New
Tissue
1 32.03 20.97 53.00 31.30 8.99 40.29 31.68 15.30 46.98 2040 118 67 109 185 294 24 (EL+P)
9 (only EL)
25
2 32.68 43.33 76.01 18.96 11.71 30.67 24.79 25.13 49.92 3257 84 21 95 105 200 17
26 (EL+P)
17
3 27.66 14.40 42.06 15.87 2.74 18.61 20.32 7.14 27.46 5226 120 51 124 171 295 26 (only EL) 26
4 42.98 45.90 88.88 11.64 5.61 17.25 25.22 23.07 48.29 6467 12 32 0 44 44 22 22
5 57.40 37.74 95.14 82.39 4.55 86.94 73.77 16.01 89.78 5718 47 2 78 49 127 12 12
6 55.51 13.20 68.71 0.08 0.00 0.08 26.20 6.22 32.42 1298 38 0 25 38 63 5 13
7 38.79 5.73 44.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.49 3.03 23.52 11527 46 11 37 57 94 9 18
8 47.32 25.99 73.31 7.59 2.32 9.91 24.02 12.11 36.13 7310 54 12 36 66 102 17 17
9 22.12 26.12 48.24 0.03 0.00 0.03 10.89 12.85 23.74 4543 14 5 0 19 19 0 21
10 29.67 36.20 65.87 10.00 0.43 10.43 19.41 17.55 36.96 14375 61 8 45 69 114 9 17
11 61.54 2.69 64.23 25.47 1.19 26.66 42.12 1.88 44.00 14259 27 10 26 37 63 14 14
12 23.22 14.12 37.34 4.05 1.23 5.28 13.35 7.48 20.83 2856 53 46 45 99 144 13 21
13 16.37 15.07 31.44 3.64 3.43 7.07 10.36 9.57 19.93 18918 38 14 33 52 85 9 21
14 9.93 4.55 14.48 5.93 0.79 6.72 7.88 2.62 10.50 7690 74 9 58 83 141 15 21
15 51.92 4.92 56.84 6.95 0.88 7.83 35.56 3.45 39.01 9854 16 46 27 62 89 0 17
16 35.25 10.68 45.93 10.80 2.53 13.33 23.74 6.84 30.58 12322 106 29 105 135 240 16 (EL+P)
3 (only EL)
21
17 30.23 20.65 50.88 15.10 0.00 15.10 22.81 10.53 33.34 11912 20 24 8 44 52 0 20

Average 36.15 20.13 56.29 14.69 2.73 17.42 25.45 10.63 36.08 8210 54.6 22.8 50.1 77.4 127.4 11 (EL+P)
9 (only EL)
19

SM, scala media; SV scala vestibuli; SL, spiral ligament; EL, electrode; P, positioner.