Schuerch, Klaus http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-7174
Wimmer, Wilhelm
Dalbert, Adrian
Rummel, Christian
Caversaccio, Marco http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7090-8087
Mantokoudis, Georgios
Gawliczek, Tom http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9480-7133
Weder, Stefan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Clinical trials unit (CTU) Bern; MED-EL GmbH
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (#320030_173081)
Article History
Received: 27 September 2022
Accepted: 8 March 2023
First Online: 22 March 2023
Competing interests
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