Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31418713›Full record

ArticleThe journal of international advanced otology2019

E-ABR in Patients with Cochlear Implant: A Comparison between Patients with Malformed Cochlea and Normal Cochlea.

Arianna Di Stadio, Laura Dipietro, Antonietta De Lucia, Franco Trabalzini, Giampietro Ricci, Francesco Martines, Vincenzo Pastore, Antonio della Volpe

Abstract readComparative Study
In one paragraph

Article in The journal of international advanced otology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Neural response patterns in inner ear malformations: a scoping review of eABR findings.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Arianna Di StadioDepartment Of Otolaryngology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Laura DipietroHighland Instrument, Engineer, Cambridge, USA.
Antonietta De LuciaCochlear Implant Unit, Santobono Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Franco TrabalziniDepartment Of Otolaryngology, Meyer University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Giampietro RicciDepartment Of Otolaryngology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Francesco MartinesDepartment Of Otolaryngology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Vincenzo PastoreCochlear Implant Unit, Santobono Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Antonio della VolpeCochlear Implant Unit, Santobono Hospital, Naples, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study aims to compare the electrical auditory brainstem response (EABR) following cochlear implant (CI) surgery in pediatric subjects with cochlear malformation and a normal cochlea, in order to assess the sensitivity of EABR and to evaluate the surgery outcome. MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 26 pediatric subjects who were deaf and scheduled for CI surgery were enrolled into this case control study. Group A (n=20) included subjects with a normo-conformed cochlea. Group B (n=6) included subjects with cochlear malformation. Subjects were evaluated with EABR immediately (T0) and 6 months (T1) post-CI surgery. The EABR Waves III and V average amplitude and latency were compared across time, separately for each group, and across groups, separately for each time.

resultsAuditory brainstem response (ABR) could only be recorded in Group A. We were able to record EABR from all subjects at T0 and T1, and waves III and V were present in all the recorded signals. There were no statistically significant differences between T0 and T1 in EABR Waves III and V in terms of average amplitude and latency in neither group. When comparing Groups A and B, the only statistically significant difference was the average amplitude of wave V, both at T0 and T1.

conclusionEABR is a valid tool to measure the auditory nerve integrity after CI surgery in patients with a normal and malformed cochlea, as shown by its ability to measure waves III and V when ABR is absent. The EABR testing should be performed before and after CI surgery, and EABR should be used as a measure of outcome, especially in patients with a malformed cochlea.

Indexed as

Cochlear ImplantsCase-Control StudiesChild, PreschoolCochleaCochlear NerveDeafnessEvoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain StemFemaleHumansInfantMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleOtoacoustic Emissions, SpontaneousPostoperative ComplicationsReaction TimeTomography, X-Ray Computed

Identifiers

PMID31418713
PMCPMC6750786

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.