Abstract Around 1,000 peer-reviewed papers were selected from 3,450 articles published
during 2020–2021, and reviewed as the representative advances in tribology research …

This review summarizes recent research on the design of polymer material systems based
on biomimetic concepts and reports on the medical devices that implement these systems …

In the last two decades, cochlear implant surgery has evolved into a minimally invasive,
hearing preservation surgical technique. The devices used during surgery have benefited …

Hearing preservation is possible using soft surgical techniques and electrode arrays
designed to minimize cochlear trauma; however, a subset of patients suffer from partial to …

Conducting polymers offer attractive mixed ionic-electronic conductivity, tunable interfacial
barrier with metal, tissue matchable softness, and versatile chemical functionalization …

The cochlear implant (CI), an advanced electronic device replacing the entire cochlear
function, is the ultimate treatment for over 466 million people with disabling hearing loss …

Foreign body response (FBR), inflammation, and fibrotic encapsulation of neural implants
remain major problems affecting the impedance of the electrode-tissue interface and altering …

The foreign body response to implanted materials often complicates the functionality of
sensitive biomedical devices. For cochlear implants, this response can reduce device …

As biomolecular approaches for hearing restoration in profound sensorineural hearing loss
evolve, they will be applied in conjunction with or instead of cochlear implants. An …

Cochlear implants (CI) have revolutionized the treatment of patients with severe to profound
sensory hearing loss by providing a method of bypassing normal hearing to directly …