2020 Online Salon
Cochlear Implantation in Adults
Project Details
- Entrant Name: Alison Burke
- Membership Type: Professional Submission
- Address: Stoneham, Massachusetts USA
- Client: The New England Journal of Medicine
- Copyright: 2020 © Massachusetts Medical Society
- Medium/software used: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
- Final presentation format: Print, online
- Primary Audience: General medical audience
Project Description
The anatomy of the ear is a complex machine. At times, the inner ear and middle ear are depicted significantly larger than the actual relationship to the external ear (auricle). The intended purpose of this illustration was to show all the components of middle and inner ear anatomy as they relate to cochlear implantation using an accurate scale relationship. By using color coding and increasing levels of magnification, the first figure in the set demonstrates how the anatomy relates to hearing loss in adults (outer ear and inner ear). The second part of the figure builds on the first, using palette and views to demonstrate the components, mechanism, and placement of the cochlear implant. By using multiple views and magnifications, the reader gets a good spatial sense of the path that the implant electrode takes from implanted receive–stimulator to within the spiral of the cochlea.
