ArticleOtology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology2025
Sensitivity and Specificity of Intraoperative TransImpedance Matrix Recordings Compared With X-ray Imaging in Detecting Perimodiolar Cochlear Implant Tip Foldovers: A Multicenter Study.
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- Incidence of Trans-Impedance Matrix Pattern Variants in Patients With Normal Anatomy Receiving Cochlear Implantation.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of tip fold over in 1,575 cochlear implant electrode arrays.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Development of a Novel Algorithm for Tip Fold-Over Detection in Cochlear Implants and Evaluation on Bench and Multiple Clinical Data Bases.Audiology research · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveCharacterize the sensitivity and specificity of TransImpedance Matrix (TIM) recordings compared with x-rays in detecting cochlear implant tip foldovers. STUDY
designRetrospective.
settingMulti-institutional, academic and private surgery centers. PATIENTS: Patients 6 months and older undergoing cochlear implantation.
interventionsAfter cochlear implant array insertion, intraoperative TIM recordings and x-rays were conducted to confirm appropriate placement. If a foldover was identified, repeat insertion, followed by TIM and x-ray, was performed.
main outcome measuresPresence of tip foldovers as determined by TIM recordings and x-rays.
resultsThere were 13 tip foldovers out of 484 insertions, yielding a 2.7% tip foldover rate. Using x-rays as the "gold standard," TIM recordings showed 100% sensitivity, 99.6% specificity, 84.6% positive predictive value (PPV), and 100% negative predicative value in detecting tip foldovers. The x-ray images for two TIM-identified tip foldovers were interpreted as normal intraoperatively (apparent false positives), but then were interpreted as foldovers when presented to the operating surgeon postoperatively in a blinded fashion. If these false positives had been reclassified as true positives, TIM specificity and PPV would both improve to 100%.
conclusionsThese results provide further support regarding the utility of TIM recordings to evaluate appropriate cochlear implant electrode array position. Despite the low tip foldover rate reported across the literature and within this study, this multicenter patient group provided a large sample size to calculate the sensitivity and specificity of TIM recordings in identifying tip foldovers. Compared with the reference-standard, x-ray imaging, TIM recordings show equivalent, and in some cases superior, performance in identification of tip foldovers. Thus, use of TIM can potentially preclude the need for routine intraoperative x-rays without compromising patient care.
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