Local inner ear application of dexamethasone in cochlear implant models is safe for auditory neurons and increases the neuroprotective effect of chronic electrical stimulation

• Verena Scheper ,

  * E-mail: scheper.verena@mh-hannover.de

  Affiliations Hannover Medical School (MHH), Department of Otolaryngology, Hannover, Germany, Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, German Research Foundation, Hannover, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8618-8793

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• Roland Hessler,

  Affiliation MED-EL Innsbruck, Research & Development, Innsbruck, Österreich

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• Mareike Hütten,

  Affiliation Hannover Medical School (MHH), Department of Otolaryngology, Hannover, Germany

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• Maciej Wilk,

  Affiliation Hannover Medical School (MHH), Department of Otolaryngology, Hannover, Germany

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• Claude Jolly,

  Affiliation MED-EL Innsbruck, Research & Development, Innsbruck, Österreich

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• Thomas Lenarz,

  Affiliations Hannover Medical School (MHH), Department of Otolaryngology, Hannover, Germany, Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, German Research Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• Gerrit Paasche

  Affiliations Hannover Medical School (MHH), Department of Otolaryngology, Hannover, Germany, Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, German Research Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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