Cochlear implantation in a patient with bilateral deep brain stimulators.
OBJECTIVE:: We report the case of a patient successfully implanted with a Nucleus Contour cochlear implant after placement of a deep brain stimulator for Parkinson disease. METHODS:: The authors conducted a case report and literature review. RESULTS:: Successful hookup and mapping of the device was performed 1 month after implantation without evidence of aberrant activity of the deep brain stimulators. CONCLUSIONS:: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of successful implantation of both a cochlear implant and a deep brain stimulator in the same patient. We have outlined one approach to avoiding detrimental interactions between cochlear implant and deep brain stimulator devices.[1]References
- Cochlear implantation in a patient with bilateral deep brain stimulators. St Martin, M.B., Hirsch, B.E. Laryngoscope (2007) [Pubmed]
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