MRI is a very common medical procedure for both otological and non-otological reasons, so it shouldn’t have complications or be painful for hearing implant recipients. Dr. Ingo Todt and Dr. Martin Zimmerling talk to Manfred Pieber about the features of MED-EL implants that reduce or eliminate complications - such as magnet dislocation - during MRI: a freely rotating, robust, diametrically bipolar magnet that is removable when it is necessary to reduce the size of imaging artifacts.

Weblinks:

Importance of Safe MRI Access in Cochlear Implants: Dr. Nancy M. Young - MED-EL Professionals Blog (medel.pro)

MRI Scans with MED-EL Cochlear Implants - MED-EL Professionals Blog (medel.pro)

Important Safety Information

MRI & Hearing Implants: Reducing Image Artifacts With the BONEBRIDGE Bone Conduction Implant - MED-EL Professionals Blog (medel.pro)

Experiences and Key Learnings in MRI Scanning with MED-EL Hearing Implants

Literature Links:

MRI Observation After Intralabyrinthine and Vestibular Schwannoma Resection and Cochlear Implantation (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32903399/)

Quality Control after Intracochlear Intralabyrinthine Schwannoma Resection and Cochlear Implantation (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34573240/)

Prevalence and complications of MRI scans of cochlear implant patients: English version (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26886493/)

Cochlear implants and 1.5 T MRI scans: the effect of diametrically bipolar magnets and screw fixation on pain (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29402322/)

Pain Free 3 T MRI Scans in Cochlear Implantees (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28938274/)

Comparison of Cochlear Implant Magnets and Their MRI Artifact Size (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32420348/)

MRI Artifacts and Cochlear Implant Positioning at 3 T In Vivo (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25634466/)

Prospective Evaluation of 3 T MRI Effect on Residual Hearing Function of Cochlea Implantees (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36291339/)