Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

3D printed biomimetic cochleae and machine learning co-modelling provides clinical informatics for cochlear implant patients

  • Iek Man Lei,
  • Chen Jiang,
  • Chon Lok Lei,
  • Simone Rosalie de Rijk,
  • Yu Chuen Tam,
  • Chloe Swords,
  • Michael P. F. Sutcliffe,
  • George G. Malliaras,
  • Manohar Bance,
  • Yan Yan Shery Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26491-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Current spread hampers the efficacy of neuromodulation, while existing animal, in vitro and in silico models have failed to give patient-centric insights. Here the authors employ 3D printing and machine learning to advance clinical predictions of current spread for cochlear implant patients.