Glossary

Six-step Skarżyński procedure—surgical procedure of cochlear implantation developed by Skarżyński H. [7] for hearing preservation combining the atraumatic round window electrode insertion with different straight electrodes.

HearRing preservation classification—the first scientific scale which enables comparing the rate of hearing preservation after cochlear implantation developed by the HearRing group published in 2012 by H. Skarżyński et al. [26].

Partial deafness (PD)—a condition where patient has in one ear normal low-frequency hearing but no hearing in the high-frequency range; hearing loss occurs in at least one frequency critical to speech understanding.

Partial deafness treatment—management of partial deafness (PD) consisting in preservation of preoperative hearing through minimally traumatic surgical implantation procedure along with the use of different means of acoustic and electric stimulation.
