Selected Publications

Khan, U.A., Scheperle, R.A., Podhajsky, G., Lind, M.J., Dunn, C.C., Claussen, A.D., Gantz, B.J., Hansen, M.R. (2026). Robotic-Assisted Electrode Array Insertion Improves Stability of Acoustic Hearing Thresholds Following Cochlear Implantation. Laryngoscope

Khan, U.A., Dunn, C.C., Scheperle, R.A., Oleson, J., Claussen, A.D., Gantz, B.J., Hansen, M.R. (2025). Robotic-Assisted Electrode Array Insertion Improves Rates of Hearing Preservation. The Laryngoscope. doi: 10.1002/lary.32318.

Rahman, M. T., Mostaert, B. J., Eckard, P., Fatima, S. M., Scheperle, R., Razu, I., Hunger, B., Olszewski, R.T., Gu, S., Garcia, C.L. and Khan, N.A., Bennion, D.M., Oleson, J., Kirk, J.R., Enke, Y.L., Gay, R.D., Morell, R.J., Hirose, K. Hoa, M. Claussen, A.D. & Hansen, M. R. (2025). Dexamethasone-eluting cochlear implants reduce inflammation and foreign body response in human and murine cochleae. Scientific reports, 15(1), 30615.

Kashani, R., Scheperle, R., Hansen, M. (2024). Combining intraoperative electrocochleography with robotics-assisted electrode array insertion. Otology & Neurotology. 52(2), 143-149. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000004094.

Gantz JA, Gantz BJ, Kaufmann CR, et al. A Steadier Hand: The First Human Clinical Trial of a Single-Use Robotic-Assisted Surgical Device for Cochlear Implant Electrode Array Insertion. Otol Neurotol. Jan 1 2023;44(1):34-39. doi:10.1097/MAO.0000000000003749

Claussen AD, Shibata SB, Kaufmann CR, Henslee A, Hansen MR. Comparative Analysis of Robotics-Assisted and Manual Insertions of Cochlear Implant Electrode Arrays. Otol Neurotol. Dec 1 2022;43(10):1155-1161. doi:10.1097/MAO.0000000000003707

Henslee AM, Kaufmann CR, Andrick MD, Reineke PT, Tejani VD, Hansen MR. Development and Characterization of an Electrocochleography-Guided Robotics-Assisted Cochlear Implant Array Insertion System. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Oct 5 2021:1945998211049210. doi:10.1177/01945998211049210

Tarabichi, O., Jensen, M., & Hansen, M. R. (2021). Advances in hearing preservation in cochlear implant surgery. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, 29(5), 385-390.

Foggia, M. J., Quevedo, R. V., & Hansen, M. R. (2019). Intracochlear fibrosis and the foreign body response to cochlear implant biomaterials. Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology, 4(6), 678-683.

Scheperle, R. A., Tejani, V., Omtvedt, J., Brown, C. J., Abbas, P. J., Hansen, M. R., Gantz, B. J., Oleson, J., Ozanne, M. (2017). Delayed Changes in Auditory Status in Cochlear Implant Users with Preserved Acoustic Hearing. Hearing Research, 350, 45-57.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2017.04.005.

Karsten, S. A., Turner, C. W., Brown, C. J., Jeon, E. K., Abbas, P. J., Gantz, B. J. (2013). Optimizing the combination of acoustic and electric hearing in the implanted ear. Ear and Hearing, 34(2), 142-50