Cochlear Implant Outcomes: A Comparison between Irradiated and Non-irradiated Ears.

Objectives: Radiotherapy for head and neck tumors is known to potentially induce sensorineural hearing loss, which is possibly due to damage to the cochlear and/or auditory pathways. Since the success of cochlear implantation depends on a functional auditory nerve, this paper aims to study the hearing outcomes of cochlear implantation in irradiated ears.

Methods: A retrospective study of cochlear implant recipients from our institution who had previously received radiotherapy for head and neck cancers was performed.

Acoustic brainstem implant in a post-meningitis deafened child-Lessons learned.

We report a case of a deafened child with advanced labyrinthitis ossificans resulting from meningo-encephalitis. She received a cochlear implant in the right ear, following a drill-out procedure. Post-implant hearing outcomes were satisfactory initially, but deteriorated over time as a result of partial electrode migration.