Have You Heard? Part I: The annual update cochlear implants

Monday, October 13, 2025

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Location: 239

CME/MOC Credit: 1

Disclosure(s):

Erika A. Woodson, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Technology moves fast, and that especially goes for implantable hearing devices. New devices and indications emerge every year! This Expert Lecture will update the comprehensive otolaryngologist and otologist on the current state of cochlear implantation including modern indications/candidacy identification, as well as cover novel surgical technology emerging such as robotics and intraoperative monitoring during electrode placement.
This is a lecture which changes every year to keep attendees current on all things CI.
Your Experts are the former Medical Director and current Audiology Director of the Hearing Implant Program at Cleveland Clinic, a high-volume implant program which emphasizes multidisciplinary team decision-making, and which has a reputation for process improvement in candidacy identification.

Learning Objectives:

Review changes to labeled candidacy criteria, identification of candidates using MSTB3, and evolving programming optimization strategies
Learn how intraoperative insertion monitoring can give the surgeon useful feedback during ci placement.
Understand the differences between lateral wall and peri-/mid-modiolar electordes for both the surgeon and the audiologist.

Lead Presenter(s)

Erika A. Woodson, MD

Neurotology/Otology/Skull Base Surgeon
Kaiser Permanente
san diego, CA, United States

Disclosure(s):
faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Co-Presenter(s)

Sarah A. Sydlowski, AuD, PhD, MBA

Enterprise Associate Chief Improvement Officer; Audiology Director Hearing Implant Program
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.