Abstract | OBJECTIVE: STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case review. SETTING: PATIENTS: Nineteen patients with CSOM who underwent cochlear implantation were identified. Case history, timing of surgical procedures, complications, infections, and postimplant audiometric scores (Hearing in Noise Test [HINT], City University of New York Sentences [CUNY], and Central Institute for the Deaf Sentences [CID]) were evaluated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Rates of postoperative infections and complications as well as postimplant auditory performance. RESULTS: Twelve patients underwent a staged procedure involving canal wall down mastoidectomy or radical revision mastoidectomy with middle ear and mastoid obliteration and closure of the external auditory canal followed by cochlear implantation approximately 5 months later. Seven patients were implanted in a single procedure. There were no infections or medical complications after implantation. On average, patients had excellent audiometric scores at 1 year postimplantation (mean sentence test, 79%; SD, 14), and these scores were comparable to our general population (mean sentence test, 71%; SD, 32). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Matthew C Wong, David B Shipp, Julian M Nedzelski, Joseph M Chen, Vincent Y W Lin |
Journal | Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology
(Otol Neurotol)
Vol. 35
Issue 5
Pg. 810-4
(Jun 2014)
ISSN: 1537-4505 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24569796
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cochlear Implantation
(adverse effects)
- Cochlear Implants
(adverse effects)
- Female
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
(etiology, surgery)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Otitis Media, Suppurative
(complications, surgery)
- Retrospective Studies
- Treatment Outcome
- Young Adult
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