Thirty years of auditory brainstem implantation research: scientific
milestones and global collaborations
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This study was conducted using publicly available bibliographic data and did not involve human or animal subjects; therefore, ethics approval was not required.
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All data analyzed in this study were obtained from the Web of Science database and are publicly accessible. The extracted dataset supporting the findings of this study is available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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The author declares that there is no conflict of interest.
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Author Contributions (CRediT Taxonomy)
Conceptualization: B.U.
Methodology: B.U.
Software: B.U.
Validation: B.U.
Formal Analysis: B.U.
Investigation: B.U.
Data Curation: B.U.
Writing – Original Draft Preparation: B.U.
Writing – Review & Editing: B.U.
Visualization: B.U.
Supervision: B.U.
Project Administration: B.U.
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Bülent Ulusoy. Thirty years of auditory brainstem implantation research: scientific milestones and global collaborations. Ann Clin Anal Med 2026;17(Suppl 1). doi:10.4328/ACAM.22778
Publication History
- Received:
- 18.06.2025
- Accepted:
- 21.07.2025
- Published Online:
- 28.07.2025

