Cochlear implantation in a patient with superficial siderosis of the central nervous system.

Objective: To perform an assessment of the viability of cochlear implantation in a patient with superficial siderosis of the brain.

Study Design: Case review.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

[A hearing implant: indications, technic and results].

The authors report four cases of implantation of a new device via an osseous approach involving implantation of an intra-osseous vibrator and of an external box, transmission being by magnetic induction using an external aerial, i.e. with no transcutaneous portion.