Dr. Vivian Kaul Moderates Panel at the 2025 ACIA Meeting
Vivian Kaul, MD, chief of otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, was the moderator of a panel discussion on “Hearing Preservation and Electrode Design” at the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA) meeting held in Boston last May.
The discussion included six presentations by physicians, audiologists, and medical students from the Cleveland Clinic, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of South Carolina at Columbia, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany. Topics included
- Comparing Lateral Wall and Perimodiolar Electrodes for Hearing Preservation and Performance
- Evaluating the Efficacy of Two Novel Compounds for Cochlear Implant Trauma Using an Ex Vivo Model
- Does Cochlear Implant Electrode Array Design Affect Audiologic Outcomes? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Variables Influencing the Performance Benefits with Electric-Acoustic Stimulation Versus Electric Stimulation Alone
- Results of a Prospective, Multicenter Trial Examining Acoustic Hearing Preservation and Efficacy Outcomes in Slim Modiolar Recipients with Sloping High-Frequency Hearing Loss
- Individualized Cochlear Implantation: First Experience with a New 34mm Electrode for Patients with Very Long Cochleae
“ACIA raises awareness and builds political alliances to improve hearing health,” says Dr. Kaul, who is a state champion for the alliance. “Champions advocate for broadened eligibility guidelines for cochlear implants through public policy efforts at the state and national levels.” The ACIA conference was accessible to people with hearing loss through real-time captioning in English.