OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the postoperative complications related to cochlear implants and to discuss the differences observed between adult and paediatric populations. Cochlear implant complications were defined as any pathological events observed during the postoperative period, whether or not they were directly related to the surgical technique. We therefore recorded...

BACKGROUND Patients with previously implanted cranial devices pose a special challenge in deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. We report the implantation of bilateral DBS leads in a patient with a cochlear implant. Technical nuances and long-term interdevice functionality are presented. CASE DESCRIPTION A 70-year-old patient with advancing Parkinson's disease and a previously placed cochlear...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the benefits of cochlear implantation in postlingually deafened adults and estimate the clinical relevance of these benefits. STUDY DESIGN Prospective intervention study. SETTING Tertiary referral hospital. PATIENTS Forty-four postlingually deafened adults. INTERVENTIONS Cochlear implantation with a Clarion CII HiFocus 1 or HiRes 90K. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The H...

OBJECTIVE To confirm the clinical efficacy and safety of a direct acoustic cochlear implant. STUDY DESIGN Prospective multicenter study. SETTING The study was performed at 3 university hospitals in Europe (Germany, The Netherlands, and Switzerland). PATIENTS Fifteen patients with severe-to-profound mixed hearing loss because of otosclerosis or previous failed stapes surgery. INTERVENTIO...

Hearing rehabilitation by cochlear implantation is not always possible in case of total ossification after pneumococcal meningitis. We report 3 cases of postmeningitis profound hearing loss with total cochlear ossification in adults who underwent auditory brainstem implantation (Nucleus 22, Cochlear Inc., Lane Cove, Australia) between 1999 and 2004. The postoperative follow-up period ranged fro...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To evaluate the effectiveness of bilateral cochlear implantation over unilateral implantation in children with sensorineural hearing loss. DATA SOURCES Pubmed, Embase, and Web of Science. REVIEW METHODS All studies comparing a bilateral cochlear implant group with a unilateral implant group were included. RESULTS Twenty-one studies compared a bilateral cochlear impla...

It is well known, that cochlear implantation has multifactorial benefits for patients, newly the topic cognition come to fore. This study evaluates benefit of on working memory and processing speed as speech perception.

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether it is clinically effective and cost-effective to provide (i) a unilateral cochlear implant for severely to profoundly deaf people (using or not using hearing aids), and (ii) a bilateral cochlear implant for severely to profoundly deaf people with a single cochlear implant (unilateral or unilateral plus hearing aid). DATA SOURCES Main electronic databases [MED...

Background. Postoperative imaging after cochlear implantation is usually performed by conventional cochlear view (X-ray) or by multislice computed tomography (MSCT). MSCT after cochlear implantation often provides multiple metal artefacts; thus, a more detailed view of the implant considering the given anatomy is desirable. A quite new method is flat panel volume computed tomography. The aim of...

Background: There has been increasing demand for the cochlear implantation of children who demonstrate some auditory capacity with conventional hearing aids. The purpose of this study was to examine speech recognition outcomes in a group of children who were regarded as borderline candidates for cochlear implantation as their residual hearing and/or auditory functioning levels exceeded typical ...