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Pre- and postoperative bone conduction thresholds, intraoperative VSB-evoked ABR thresholds (VSB-ABR) using a modified audio processor programmed to preoperative bone conduction thresholds, postoperative vibrogram thresholds, and postoperative VSB-ABR thresholds were measured. Coupling quality was calculated from the difference between the pure tone average at 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz (3PTA) vibrogram and postoperative 3PTA bone conduction thresholds.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Twenty-three patients (13 males, 10 females, mean age 56.6 (\u00b1\u200912.5) years) were included in the study. Intraoperative VSB-ABR response thresholds could be obtained in all except one patient where the threshold was\u2009&gt;\u200930\u00a0dB nHL. Postoperatively, an insufficient coupling of 36.7\u00a0dB was confirmed in this patient. In a Bland\u2013Altman analysis of the intraoperative VSB-ABRs and coupling quality, the limits of agreement exceeded\u2009\u00b1\u200910\u00a0dB, i.e., the maximum allowed difference considered as not clinically important but the variation was within the general precision of auditory brainstem responses to predict behavioral thresholds. Five outliers were identified. In two patients, the postoperative VSB-ABR thresholds were in agreement with the coupling quality, indicating a change of coupling before the postoperative testing.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The response thresholds recorded in this set-up have the potential to predict the VSB coupling quality and optimize postoperative audiological results.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00405-020-06313-z","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,3]],"date-time":"2020-09-03T12:03:33Z","timestamp":1599134613000},"page":"2277-2288","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Intraoperative quantification of floating mass transducer coupling quality in active middle ear implants: a multicenter study"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"278","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7826-8491","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Laura","family":"Fr\u00f6hlich","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Torsten","family":"Rahne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stefan K.","family":"Plontke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tobias","family":"Oberhoffner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"R\u00fcdiger","family":"Dahl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Robert","family":"Mlynski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Oliver","family":"Dziemba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aristotelis","family":"Aristeidou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Gadyuchko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sven","family":"Koscielny","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sebastian","family":"Hoth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Miriam H.","family":"Kropp","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Parwis","family":"Mir-Salim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alexander","family":"M\u00fcller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,3]]},"reference":[{"issue":"S2","key":"6313_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"71","DOI":"10.1007\/s00106-018-0533-2","volume":"66","author":"D Beutner","year":"2018","unstructured":"Beutner D et al (2018) Guideline \u2018implantable hearing aids\u2019\u2014short version: German S2k guideline of the working group of German-speaking audiologists, neurootologists and otologists (ADANO), of the German society of oto-rhino-laryngology, head and neck surgery (DGHNO) in collaboration with the German society of audiology (DGA), the German society of phoniatrics and pediatric audiology (DGPP), and patient representatives. 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