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This study evaluated the feasibility and clinical utility of bipolar handheld cochlear nerve action potential (CNAP) mapping for intraoperative nerve identification and compared its prognostic performance with BAEP monitoring.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this retrospective single-center cohort, 193 patients with histologically confirmed VS underwent intraoperative auditory mapping between September 2021 and November 2024. Two color-coded bipolar handheld probes were used: one for facial nerve stimulation and the other for near-field CNAP recording along the presumed cochlear nerve course. CNAP responses were considered favorable if waveforms remained stable or decreased by &lt; 50% in amplitude. Functional hearing preservation (American Academy of Otolaryngology\u2013Head and Neck Surgery class A\u2013C) served as the primary endpoint. Logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses evaluated predictive performance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>CNAP mapping identified the cochlear nerve in 83.4% of cases, significantly higher than intraoperative BAEP elicitation (46.1%; p &lt; 0.001). Favorable CNAP responses were strongly associated with hearing preservation (91.4% vs 8.1%, p &lt; 0.001; adjusted OR 37.0, 95% CI 9.28\u2013217.8). The combined CNAP + BAEP model showed excellent discrimination (area under the ROC curve = 0.91) and good calibration (p = 0.24, Hosmer-Lemeshow test).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>CNAP mapping enabled real-time functional localization of the cochlear nerve and provided complementary intraoperative functional information. While postoperative hearing remains dependent on the structural integrity of the cochlear nerve, particularly in large tumors, CNAP mapping provides complementary functional information strongly associated with hearing preservation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2026.3.jns252763","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,2]],"date-time":"2026-09-02T00:01:19Z","timestamp":1788307279000},"page":"1-11","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Handheld cochlear nerve action potential mapping for real-time functional navigation in vestibular schwannoma surgery"],"prefix":"10.3171","author":[{"given":"Xiaoyu","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xu","family":"Gong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Penghao","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hanyi","family":"Jiao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gang","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiantao","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"b1","series-title":"Neurosurgery","first-page":"11","article-title":"Management of 1000 vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas): surgical management and results with an emphasis on complications and how to avoid them","volume":"40","author":"Samii M","year":"1997","unstructured":"Samii M, Matthies C. 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