What does Temporal Bone Donation involve?
Donation of one’s temporal bones involves making a pledge to one of the active temporal bone laboratories (see above) in the US, and informing one’s next of kin and caretaker of these wishes. Tissue donation requires the consent of the next of kin and it is he/she who will notify the Registry of the donor’s death and wish to donate tissue. The removal occurs within 24 hours after death.