Polymer Coatings of Cochlear Implant Electrode Surface – An Option for Improving Electrode-Nerve-Interface by Blocking Fibroblast Overgrowth

• C. Hadler,

  Affiliation Institute for Technical Chemistry, University of Technology Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

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• P. Aliuos,

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Cluster of Excellence “Hearing 4 All”, Hannover, Germany

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• G. Brandes,

  Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology, Center of Anatomy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• A. Warnecke,

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Cluster of Excellence “Hearing 4 All”, Hannover, Germany

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• J. Bohlmann,

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• W. Dempwolf,

  Affiliation Institute for Technical Chemistry, University of Technology Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

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• H. Menzel,

  Affiliation Institute for Technical Chemistry, University of Technology Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

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• T. Lenarz,

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Cluster of Excellence “Hearing 4 All”, Hannover, Germany

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• G. Reuter,

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• K. Wissel

  * E-mail: Wissel.Kirsten@mh-hannover.de

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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