Functional hearing and low frequency hearing preservation after cochlear implant surgery is achievable with FLEX electrode arrays: Real world evidence from the MEHS Registry

• Uwe Baumann,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ENT/Audiological Acoustics, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1295-2661

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• Tobias Weissgerber,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ENT/Audiological Acoustics, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0327-1274

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• Andreas Radeloff,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Research Center Neurosensory Science, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1881-4179

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• Ilona Anderson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Department, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7518-6661

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• Karin A. Koinig,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Department, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

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• Magdalena Breu,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Department, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

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• Stefano Morettini,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Department, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

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• Vera Lohnherr,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenklinik (Kopfklinik) Im Neuenheimer Feld, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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• Joachim Müller,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic and Polyclinic for Ear, Nose, and Throat Medicine, LMU Klinikum, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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• Daniel Polterauer-Neuling

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: daniel.polterauer@med.uni-muenchen.de

  Affiliation Clinic and Polyclinic for Ear, Nose, and Throat Medicine, LMU Klinikum, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5008-7595

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