Successful cochlear implantation in a Susac syndrome patient.

1 MD, PhD (Professor of the Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil). 2 MD, Otolaryngologist (Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil) 3 MD, Otorhinolaryngologist. MSc Department of otorhinolaryngology Medical School of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. 4 MD, Otolaryngologist (Posgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Surgery of Universidade Federaldo Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil). 5 MD, Otolaryngologist, Msc (Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil). Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department of Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Send correspondence to: Luiz Lavinsky. Rua Quintino Bocaiúva, no 673, 4o andar. Porto Alegre RS. Brazil. CEP: 90440-003. Tel: +55 (51) 3332-3032. Fax: +55 (51) 3330-6834. E-mail: [email protected] Paper submitted to the BJORL-SGP (Publishing Management System – Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology) on October 29, 2011; and accepted on December 13, 2011. cod. 8871. .org