Table 1.
Main demographic characteristics of the eight patients participating in the study
| Patient | Sex | Etiology | Onset | Age at implantation | Year implanted | Implanted side | Vestibular electrodes | Surgical approach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | M | Idiopathic | Progressive | 68 | 2007 | Left | PAN | EL |
| S2 | M | Congenital / idopathic | Progressive | 46 | 2008 | Left | PAN | EL |
| S3 | M | DFNA9 | Progressive | 67 | 2012 | Left | PAN/LAN/SAN | IL |
| S4 | F | Right mastoidectomy in childhood, left traumatic | Acute(< 1 year) | 67 | 2013 | Left | PAN/LAN/SAN | IL |
| S5 | F | DFNA9 | Progressive | 68 | 2013 | Left | PAN/LAN/SAN | IL |
| S6 | M | DFNA9 | Progressive | 66 | 2013 | Left | PAN/LAN/SAN | IL |
| S7 | M | DFNA9 | Progressive | 64 | 2013 | Left | PAN/LAN/SAN | IL |
| S8 | M | Traumatic | Acute(3 years) | 53 | 2015 | Right | PAN/LAN/SAN | IL |
Note that some vestibular electrodes were not stimulated during the experiments presented here since they evoked undesired effects and they are grayed out in the table
M male, F female, PAN posterior ampullary nerve, LAN lateral ampullary nerve, SAN superior ampullary nerve, EL extralabyrinthine [16, 17], IL intralabyrinthine [18]