[Etiology profile of the patients implanted in the cochlear implant program].

A to investigate the major etiological agents that caused deafness in the studied population is of great relevance to prognostic and treatment purposes and it serves as sampling for future actions in the public health. to check the different hearing impairment etiologies of patients in the cochlear implant program; we studied the etiologies described in order to correlate etiology with age. Longitudinal historical cohort study which analyzed 200 charts from patients submitted to cochlear implantation in the program between August of 2000 and May of 2008.

Postoperative complications in implanted patients in the Cochlear Implant Program of Rio Grande do Norte-Brazil.

Unlabelled: Cochlear implant surgery is regarded as safe for the auditory rehabilitation of individuals suffering from profound/severe hearing loss. Complications may arise from the surgery. The complications of implant cochlear surgery reflect the operation complexity, the skill of the surgical team and the inherent risks of the procedure itself.

Evaluation by imaging methods of cochlear implant candidates: radiological and surgical correlation.

Unlabelled: Evaluation by imaging methods is critical in the preoperative care of cochlear implant (CI) surgery, providing safety to surgeons when indicating and performing this procedure. The ideal imaging study consists of an association between Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

Aim: To investigate the accuracy of imaging studies as predictors of possible complications of surgery.